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"It's Keon," Ares said, and I asked him to put the phone on speaker. He was about to go speak to Alexios. The council had approved the meeting, and they wanted Alexios there, so Ares wanted to brief him on what was going on and also just speak to his son.
Alexios felt horrible. What was done was done and we needed to find a way forward. He couldn't stay mad at him forever, plus it wasn't going to fix anything. A lot was about to happen now, and Alexios needed Ares.
Keon told us that he had arrived in Idowood, and he had spoken to Alafia's family, but something had happened. My heartbeat immediately accelerated at the tone of his voice, and Ares asked what happened.
He said that upon requesting to see Alafia, her parents informed him that she wasn't at h
