Chapter 12
Brocc lost sight of Caulette during the cleanup, but he knew that there could only be one place where she would be.
He found the ladder leaning against the house, climbed up it quickly and crawled onto the roof, where Caulette was sitting.
“It’s not safe up here,” Brocc said. “The house was on fire yesterday. The roof could collapse.”
Caulette ignored him, staring across the kingdom. Houses here and there were reduced to rubble, and the air smelled like a stale burn. Airships crisscrossed paths, delivering repair supplies. Caulette watched it all pensively with her arms around her knees.
Brocc plopped down next to her. “We survived, eh?”
“Barely.”
“Mom’s got the kids calmed down. Took most of the morning before they could even talk.”
“How’s Kalee?” Caulette asked.
“Shak
