“Sasha, would you like to join us?” Kara asked.
“Sure, why not?”
The girls left to find the hot spring while Dorian and the others joined Bartas in the pub. Xander worked the room, mingling with the crowd like an adept salesman. He felt right at home among the rambunctious pub patrons. Diamos found Bartas at a table in the corner and joined in on the card game that had just begun. Dorian, Dain, Dastan, and Lucas sat down at the main counter.
“Four drinks please,” Dorian ordered.
“Coming right up,” the bartender replied.
Dorian glanced around the rambunctious room. Memories of the old grotto pub flashed through his mind. He thought of Madsen and his gerbil and a smile creased across his face. A sudden fear gripped him, the fear of loss. “I have a very bad feeling about all this.”
“Rel
