Chapter Thirty-TwoDavin stretched his back muscles, which had stiffened up since being awakened by Alvus. The rotund physician had made good on his word, enlisting two strong guards to carry Rahne from the Crystal Cavern to what he assumed was Castle Randar's equivalent of an infirmary.
A few feet away, Rahne dozed peacefully. His face was the picture of serenity, a mask disguising what must have been going on inside his body since he stepped on the Nexus.
Not long ago, he'd sat in the Ixtrayu's Room of Healing, watching his mother recover from the hugar bite that had nearly killed her. Though the circumstances of Rahne's incapacitation were light-years different from hers, the gnawing feeling in his gut felt exactly the same.
Deep down, he knew Rahne would be all right, given enough ti
