“I want my parents back!” Mavra hissed angrily through clenched teeth.
“And how do you plan to get them? There are hundreds of armed men out there, and you have but a dagger. See sense, child. This is not the time.”
Mavra"s eyes were threatening to flood with tears again, but she steeled herself courageously. “I will take them all if I have to.”
Cahal sighed in frustration. “Look. There is only one way for you to see the reality of this, and that is to go around these sheds and see what is standing there.” Mavra made to move off, but Cahal prevented her. “Me first,” he whispered fiercely. “I will not let any harm come to you. I may be the hired help, but you lot are as family to me. We will look, but you will listen to me. Okay?”
Mavra nodded eagerly, still full of the righteous fire t
