CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Dadan paused in the doorway to the main section of the house and partially turned to face his friend. “There is no cause for alarm. The situation has been handled.”
“But what situation?” Yushir persisted as he hurried up to us. “You are telling me only half the story! What happened to the barrier?”
Dadan swept an arm toward the seating area where Puren had laid out a chessboard. “Sit before you collapse.”
Yushir furiously twirled his ring back and forth. “I will be perfectly fine when you tell me what happened!”
“Then you will not mind if I sit.” Dadan moved over to one side of the small table where he took a seat on the cushion and set me in front of him. I was almost as tense as our guest as Yushir hurried up to the side of the table. The prince was fit to
