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The next morning is dark with thick clouds. This is what the day before yesterday should have been like. We serve ourselves breakfast from the outlaws’ stock. No one seems to have any moral objections. They are dead and we are alive.
As we reach the lake, I look up at the castle. I see a tiny black dot on top of the tower. I can’t be sure, but I bet it is Lord Virion.
“You see. He cares.” I point it out to Bryann. He sees. He doesn’t argue.
The siren comes down by the time we reach the castle. I run to him and hug him which surprises him as much as it does everyone else, including me. I drag him into the castle and show him how terrified I was for Shadow. We relive the fear but we know this story, at least, ends well.
Lord Virion is hard to recognize. The miraculous rejuvenation
