Santonians had been the ultimate heroes. Just seven hours after they surfaced, the war had completely ended. All the Lamanians and the North Campers had fled South Camp, a land they had earlier believed was completely conquered. Although, the Santonians weren't popular for being fighters—just like South Campers, but their battle strategy had been surprisingly mature and organised. It had initially made Juana very suspicious of them because if she had learnt anything from life, it was that no one ever did something just for the sake of being good. Not in Castor, maybe not anywhere. Her grandfather had made her understand that, to him, most gifts came with strings.
“I was afraid that you would die, that I would fail your grandfather,” Dilan said as he sat beside her on the east-wing rear s
