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as a bath. How does that sound?
 Sounds fantastic, Dru replied, his mind already keen on the idea
of hot water and good food. This felt a little strange still, but he could
get used to it. If it was just some spell that someone had cursed him
with, it was only a matter of time before Dru remembered who he
really was. He d try not to think too hard about it in the meantime.
After all, the Doves seemed familiar somehow, more familiar than
anything else he d encountered since waking up. He thought about
what the Cranes had said in the dungeon.
 They are usurpers who believe in the old government too much.
Theron will change their minds when he returns, Crave said. The guy
must ve read his mind because Dru was sure he hadn t spoken aloud.
 Who is Theron? Dru asked, instead of drilling Crave on how he
knew what he was thinking. There were too many unknowns and
factors and stuff that was so beyond Dru s realm of thought that it
would be next to impossible to think about it without a massive
headache ensuing. He needed some quiet time and a bath for sure.
Crave answered Dru s question in the same amiable fashion he
seemed to use with anything Dru asked about.  Theron is King
Desmond s younger half sibling. There was a rumor that Desmond
was trying to kill him, completely false, of course, so his younger
brother joined up with the rebels. It was a big royal scandal. Anyway,
Theron has since come back into the fold and is now acting as a spy
for His Majesty. It s quite daring. Like a detective novel or
something.
Sounds risky to me. Sounds really damn stupid, too. Why was
there anger roiling in his gut at the idea of Theron acting as a spy?
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What was the source of it? He banished the emotion as well as the
inquiry. He was finally safe and with people who would give him
answers to his questions. There was no reason to give himself a
migraine trying to tackle it himself. Besides, Crave seemed to be a
pretty honest guy. He just needed to relax. The headache behind his
eyes pounded on.
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Chapter Eleven
The camp life wasn t as bad as Michel had thought it would be.
Despite the fact that there weren t as many amenities, Michel and
Cord had been relatively comfortable. They focused solely on putting
one foot in front of the other and getting things arranged for Natiri s
return as well as keeping the camp running smoothly. It had been
Druas s request, and Michel took the duty left to him by his mate
seriously.
 I need you to go to the far side of the camp and retrieve the
correspondences from Ura and Meta, Michel instructed as he
finished signing the last proposal for an additional barrel of water to
be sent over to the growing region of the camp where they were
putting the new warriors who arrived daily. Natiri was supposed to be
arriving back from the dragon realm within the next few days. Michel
had lost track of exactly when Natiri was supposed to be coming back
into town, but he was ready when he did. Slowly but surely, he d
picked up the demon tongue in both dialects and now could stumble
on with only the limited aid from the translator.
Bekil nodded and bowed before hurrying out of Natiri s huge tent.
Alone for the first time in days, Michel took a deep breath and let his
spine relax and his body bend forward toward the low-sitting table.
Cord spent his days between the stables, where the demons kept the
Adamar, and the tent of children, orphans of fallen families that the
desert people looked after when their parents were killed in raids or
battles with Desmond s forces. They seemed to love Cord s cat, and it
gave his smaller mate a level of comfort to be among them.
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Michel knew in his heart now that Druas was dead, and he thought
that Cord was slowly beginning to accept the truth of the reality of the
situation as well. The bond between them had been empty for too
long. If Dru had been unconscious or somehow incapacitated, it might
have made the bond waver, but it was completely silent all the time.
The truth was that Dru was never coming back, and that was hard as
hell to take. Healing from this would be no easy feat for either of
them. Michel thought those who said that it was better to have love
and lost than never to have loved at all should try it sometime and see
what the fuck they felt like afterward.
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