“I think I might have done a lot of things if the Kalovaxians hadn’t come,” Frederick replies.
Sandrin nods, along with most of the people in the crowd around him. “Who are you?” he asks.
“Frederick,” he answers, before gesturing to Richard and Liana and giving their names as well. “We were in the mines for years,” he says, eliciting gasps and murmurs from the crowd. “Until a man named Ampelio rescued us. He taught us how to use our gifts, and he told us that if anything should happen to him, we were to find the Queen, save her, and follow her.”
“We’ve done as Ampelio asked,” Liana says, her voice unusually thin. I don’t think I’ve ever heard her say his name. “And she’s brought us here.”
“You’re Guardians,” Sandrin says, eyes alight with sudden understanding.
I half expect Richard to
