Chapter Thirty-Two After a while, Searon, Karceoles, and another young man came up the hill and met with them. The army stayed down the hill and waited. “Is this your brother?” Andron asked, trying to find the resemblance between the two men but somehow missing it. “No, my brother wasn’t able to make it; he’s managing the defenses of his city. This is his captain, Phoenix.” Phoenix held his hand out and shook it with everybody there. “This is Sh’on, a mage, who once helped us kheshlars against the draeyk,” Starlyn said. Sh’on bowed and shook Searon’s and Phoenix’s hands. Then he stood in front of Karceoles. “Hello, Cousin.” “How have you been, Shronan? I haven’t seen you in a very long time.” “I’ve been traveling the universe; I always have to be where something is happening. So wh

