CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
RISPAN
As we were coming through Market Square from the palace, I noticed units of soldiers checking out sewer drains. I’d been unconscious when I’d been brought from the sewers into the underground city of Aganaté, so I didn’t know how easily the passage could be discovered. Why were they looking in the sewers? Had they heard some hint about Aganaté? As soon as we were back in the Guildhall, I went to Bavrana’s private office and pulled out my comm-dev from the secret pocket in the seam of my coat. I focused on Shéna, and I could feel her connection almost immediately.
“Hello, Rispan.” At this point, her voice had become a comfortable caress in my mind.
“I saw soldiers exploring the sewers around Market Square,” I told her, my concern moving me past any greeting. “I
