Chapter 90
Xaero
“He’s worse today,” Ebenezer remarked as he entered the conference hall. The Council had left for the day, all without useful information anyway, and I’d sent Lorenzo off to train with one of the free Locke brothers.
His statement didn’t even warrant an acknowledgment. Everyone knew that every day we had not rescued or even come close to knowing where Ella was, was impacting him badly. He only ate what would fuel his body until the next meal and the man did not stop.
Lorenzo was always moving, always making sure his orders were being followed to the letter. Gone was his perpetually smiling face, or the warm countenance. What appeared before us was not the Lorenzo Smith that we had come to know. This man was a shell of himself. Even the villagers were making sure to ste
