She tilted her head, her brow furrowing. “The First Father has told me he is no longer in the realm of the living, but he has not arrived in Galrin’s Hall.”
Iarion’s heart dropped. Did Narilga not know? Had Barlo’s soul been missing all this time? He swallowed.
“Narilga, I’m so sorry...” He took a shuddering breath. “I had to kill him. He had been bitten by the Khashada. He was turning into a drakhal—”
“Yes, yes, I know all that. But where is he now?”
Iarion gave her a wary look. He was filled with an odd sense of foreboding. “I don’t understand. If Barlo is dead, he should be in the First Father’s Hall. Where else would he be? Did something go wrong when I killed him?” He found himself rising to his feet in alarm.
Narilga closed her eyes and shook her head. “No! He came back after th
