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“They’re really pulling out all the stops, aren’t they?” Jane asked with a grin, settling herself into the seat next to Jess in the covered pavilion that had been set up next to the warriors’ arena.
It had been carefully cleared, the blood-stained sand removed and new sand carefully raked so the six challenge areas looked pristine. Seating had been placed all around the large rectangle, and long benches were interspersed with large seats for the clan leaders. Pride of place went to the raised and covered dais for the emperor, with the pavilion for the human women to one side as his honored guests.
“It seems that way, yes. Any idea what it’s all in aid of?” Jess asked, mustering a smile as she looked around. Guilt and frustration lay heavily on her. She should be going home, but since
