Chapter 3
SADY GUIDED the southern family in the direction of the main part of the house. He could hear Merni’s voice in the kitchen, much calmer now. She would tell them what to do. Hopefully the bedroom in the guest wing was unaffected, and they could still use that. If they could sleep at all.
He went to get his dark winter coat and returned to the yard. By that time, Orsan had returned from taking the southern woman Loriane into the bedroom. He had also stocked up on weapons: he carried not just his guard’s gun, but had retrieved his pistol. Sady and Orsan started combing the courtyard by walking in a grid pattern so as not to miss any clues. Farius joined them a bit later, carrying a torch in one hand and a pistol in the other. He was only a young fellow, an apprentice under Serran,
