Arkady grinned sheepishly and raised his hands high. “Truce?” he asked Gunnar.
Gunnar nodded, and after a curt command from Gwenn started to tidy up the mess.
“That is better,” Gwenn continued. “And while you clean up you can finish the story from last night. What happened after I was captured?”
Arkady, who had gone back to feeding Arvid the remaining gruel, explained. “Once I sent the message to Gunnar, I began making arrangements to escape from Khalama with the twins. When Maggrai was around, still pretending to be Dawa, I acted like I believed his ridiculous story that you had run off without me or the twins. As the days passed, he spent less and less time at home, I guess because he had you imprisoned in the Citadel. But he was still adamant that I not leave the house, so I had to b
