“Oh, I forgot. I met a younger boy on the servant stairs. I think it was Cleo’s mate’s younger brother. We need to go find him. He looked upset because he couldn’t find his brother.”
“Already took care of it. I had Rodney find him and tell him not to worry, that his brother would be out in a week.” Lyle beamed at me.
“Well look at you … on top of things.” I giggled as I looked over the railing. I stared at the setting sun with a small sigh. “Darren has been gone all day.”
“I did the best I could, but there are some things that require his sole attention. Plus, he had to speak with Ivan, too.”
I pursed my lips together as I remembered the werebear. “There’s a problem, huh?”
Lyle came and leaned his elbows on the edge next to me. “We don’t know that for a fact.”
“Lyle!” We whipped our
