"I"m not convinced that"s their end game," said Charlaine. "We know Halvaria is more than willing to use slaves in their army. We saw that in Calabria, but to transport such a force would be difficult if not impossible in the waters hereabouts."
"Oh, I don"t know. There are plenty of places you could hide an army."
"Such as?"
"The Five Sisters, for one. Then again, it might not be Halvaria who"s behind all this."
"Then who?"
"Almost anyone," said Danica. "All the kingdoms around here hate each other. It"s been that way ever since I was a little girl. Don"t get me wrong; it"s not the common folk behind those sentiments, but the nobility. The funny thing is, one way or another, they"re all related."
"So you"re saying they"re all feuding relatives?"
"I suppose that"s a good way of look
