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Myla
Lincoln and I step back into the Acca cavern. After the gateway vanishes behind us, I take a moment to I scan the cavern.
Huh.
When Lincoln and I left this place, it was totally empty, except for Octavia and the statues of Nat and Baptiste.
Not so any more.
The audience has returned. Everyone stands in neat rows. Any signs of panic are gone. Lady Bentford is back as well. Now that old bat waits beneath Aldred’s yellow canopy, alongside the minstrels that had been following Aldred around the Primeval.
Hold on, there.
My skin prickles over with surprise. In all the excitement, I’d completely forgotten about all the thrax Aldred was dragging around the Primeval. How did they return early?
Octavia steps up to our group, which still includes Aldred and Rule. “So nice to see tha
