if‘We heard fighting out on the landing,’ Kael croaked, ‘and there was a hammering on the door. Then two men burst through. I told Mikey it was a game, and we escaped, fleetwalking from the balcony. In the garden I looked for help, but there was no one, not even a gardener. Mikey became excited. I tried to pull him further into the garden, to hide, not knowing who they were, or their number. When the two men came running from the entrance, looking for us, Mikey …’ Kael groaned and covered his face. ‘Mikey jumped up, laughing. He waved to them, told me he would fly away when they came closer. Then someone hit me on the head and I fell. Next, the guards were lifting me up, and you were here. I should not have told him it was a game.’
Captain Ahearn approached from the gardens. ‘Your Grace,
