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Two hours later, Stefan walked around the corner of the stables to be ambushed by two small children.
His eyebrows shot up. “I thought you two were supposed to be in lessons.”
Two pairs of eyes looked earnestly up at him: Sasha’s liquid brown eyes in a dark face, and Jayhan’s pale lavender eyes in a pale face. What a contrast.
“We were,” said Sasha, “but we rushed through our work and Eloquin let us out early.” She leaned closer and murmured, “Where is that man, the intruder? Is he still here somewhere?”
Stefan frowned. “Are you still worried?”
Sasha straightened up. “Um… no. Not really. Not about him, at least.”
“He’s gone. We sent a message to the palace and two Royal Guards came by an hour ago and took him away.”
“Oh. Never mind then. I was just thinking maybe I should have t
