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We couldn’t just storm in and free her. The place was heavily guarded, with both dragons and human soldiers patrolling the ground and sky. We needed help.
“No.”
“Mefan—”
“I have my own troubles now, thanks to helping you. Or do you not see the huge hole in my wall?”
We had returned to The Red Desert to find Mefan. Laelia’s brothers had expressed concern about his well-being, given the attack and Laelia’s insistence on coming back here. It seemed to have been a wise decision. Her uncle—or possibly my mother—had clearly tried to harm him, but Mefan was no ordinary person.
“This is Laelia we’re talking about. Without her, this war won’t happen. She unites people,” I said.
“And now she’s given me a hole in the wall,” he retorted.
It was surprising he had agreed to meet us at a
