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“May I speak with you?” The man from the seventh kingdom asked Jak.
“Of course.”
“My name is Xeku Ameenu. I believe I have answers to the questions you haven’t yet asked.”
“My father. You know him?” Jak asked.
“I do.”
“He lives?”
“He is alive, yes.”
“Can you have him meet me?”
Xeku laughed a little to himself. “Come sit down.” He gestured to one of the seating areas that hadn’t been destroyed in the fighting. The servants were bustling about trying to set the palace back to right.
“I’m your father, Jak.” His eyes rested on Jak’s face, waiting for a response.
“I don’t understand. How?”
“Your mother and I were young lovers in a time of The Choosing. It was treason to fall for anyone other than the princess. Your mother was captivating. She and I, well, we were inseparable, unt
