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Ephraim paced the floor in the rooms he’d been assigned in the Manor, unable to rest. After a day’s sleep and a long state-of-affairs meeting with the Guardians, he learned about Papa Aguiel and what Mere Marie believed to be the coming war to save the city and possibly all of mankind. Now, though, his thoughts returned to his new master.
Sophie.
The moment that his ownership transferred from one person to another, Ephraim always became aware of his new master. He got a few glimpses of the person, usually, just enough to get a sense of them and what they looked like. A cosmic heads up to let him know what to look for, what to expect.
He’d felt the pull thousands of times. At worse, the knowledge provoked a sort of teeth-grinding anxiety in him, knowing he needed to fulfill a fresh se
