10It was morning by the time the airships and weary passengers returned to the palace. Sugar had talked continuously and told stories to keep Rodu alert during the long flight back. Unfortunately, she’d exhausted herself doing so and had fallen asleep for the last half hour of the trip. That meant once again she’d failed to see where they had flown back to.
How could her luck keep being this bad? It was like everything in her life was conspiring to keep her clueless about her location. She intended to renegotiate her promise to the Lyran queen not to ask as soon as possible.
Rodu had been completely exhausted once they landed so she’d shooed him off with a frowning, concerned Nyomi hovering at his side.
She fought off her own exhaustion a bit longer and made sure Lake was settled. His L
