This could not be what the universe had in mind. There had to be justice. Fairness. Allegra knew little of the ways of the worlds, but it didn’t make sense to her that good deeds would not result in just rewards. There was so much about recent events that she couldn’t fathom, but it seemed clear that there was a larger plan, one that she couldn’t see at present because she was mired in the immediate details. She could only hope that there was some unseen reason behind this calamity as they continued to wing their way toward the capital city.
I will find a way to get him out of this, she swore to herself. Maybe that’s what my part is meant to be in all of this. Maybe I’m destined to save him. Whatever the cost.
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Word swirled like a sirocco through the streets of Mist Tier: an Ind
