6 RASHA AND JAK MADE THEIR way back to Ishola together for the first time since they met almost two years ago. The last time Jak had been in Ishola it had still been called the Wilds and the Wola were in relative isolation. Now it was the center of all things government related. The council and the reigning prince lived at the newly built palace and the Wola roamed freely throughout the now eleven kingdoms of Bolaji. Jak had been instrumental in bringing them into the fight those many months ago. He'd helped to seal their victory against the beasts in what they were now calling the Beast wars. It had been a difficult year to put behind them. Jak had returned home to bury his mother and she wondered how he felt now as they flew toward the place where they'd buried her. Instead of asking h

