I was walking around the room one afternoon, on edge and impatiently waiting. One of the servants who came in to help me that morning told me that they had gotten word of Ira's return. It had been almost a week since I came to NotenIsle and an entire week since I was last aware of what had happened outside the palace. I hadn't heard anything about Ira or Ace, so it only made sense that I would be nervous to hear about them.
Kira came to visit me to confirm that he really did hear from Ira. Apparently some of the henchmen who had been sent to kill me returned for a number of days afterwards and had been watching the house for anyone to come out or to return. Ace got to his parents and mine in time. Luckily for him, it didn't take a lot to convince either of them to go into hiding for their
