“Shut it Dak.” Hron growled.
Khall watched the gem brothers closely. Emerald and his brothers looked like they were grinding their teeth, but didn’t reply to Dak’s comment. Instead, Turquoise continued to explain. “We were all working when we got the alert from our mother. She told us the clutch house was under attack and the Caliph was dead. Father told my brothers and I to stay put until he checked things out. We argued, but he ruled our home and we did not defy him for any reason. When he had been gone over an hour, we were worried. Topaz and Jude had told us that mother had hidden them in the safe room father had built a couple of years before. However, she didn’t come with them. She was going to try and keep them from finding the safe room. Father was not pleased, and rushed back to
