‘Bryan.’
A faint smile, worn with sorrow-but a natural sorrow. Douglas. We made it back, then…’
She frowned, then nodded. ‘You did. And since that time, Lieutenant, the fleet has come home.’ She gestured at the room. ‘You are in the Domicile’s Annexe, in Letheras.’
‘Letheras? What?’ He struggled to rise, pausing a moment to look wonderingly at the Cabalhii monk; then, using the wall behind him, he straightened and met Twilight’s eyes. ‘But that is impossible. We’d two entire oceans to cross, at the very least-’
‘Your escape proved a terrible ordeal, Lieutenant,’ zachary said. ‘You have lain in a coma for many, many months. I expect you are feeling weak-’
A grimace. ‘Exhausted, sir.’
‘What do you last recall, Lieutenant?’
Dread filled his wan features and his gaze fell away from hers
