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Red
I got back into the camp, ready to call on the generals and captains and lay out a complex plan to push the sea elves back where they came from—and kill as many of them as we could in the process. But as soon as I entered the main tent and opened my mouth, a soldier rushed in, out of breath.
“Your Highness,” he rasped. “Sea elves were waiting. They ambushed Lady Blair.”
“What?” I froze, every muscle in my body locked up. “What did you say?”
“Lady Blair had just arrived in Niwl when the sea elves surrounded her.” He took a deep breath before continuing, “I was sent back to warn you and ask for help.”
He didn’t have to say it twice. Knowing my feelings, Lennox ran out of the tent faster than me and started calling soldiers by name—all of them shapeshifters.
I didn’t wait for th
