CHAPTER 25
Every journey is filled with unforeseen
and unanticipated perils.
Make no plans which cannot be altered
or discarded completely
If the gods plan divine mischief.
-FROM THE BOOK OF ST. ALBAN-
“Master, what of Jubal and his family? Cannot something be done to save them?”
The voice was the quiet whisper of concern from an elderly woman who approached timidly as I stood quietly talking to Bosso and Hanna.
“Jasmine, all will be well,” the tall rail of a man said gently, placing a hand on the frail shoulder of the old and bent woman. “Trust in Shin’zin. He will not forget Jubal and his wife and child in their time of need.”
Tears welled up in the old woman’s eyes as she nodded silently and turned to hobble back to her space in the crowded house. She said nothing but her eyes
