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We stopped and a half dozen of the guards, all with long halberds, hurried over to us with the plumed helmet fellow in the lead. The soldiers grouped themselves into an arc and pointed the tips of their weapons at us. He stopped before us and looked over our group. “Please state your business here.”
“We came to investigate the call,” Xander spoke up.
The man shook his helmeted head. “There is no cause for concern, sir. The alarm was proven to be false.”
Xander looked around at the halberd-wielding men. Some of their points shook. “There appears to be cause for concern among your soldiers, captain. May I ask what is the matter?”
The man straightened and frowned. “That is something you need not concern yourself with, sir.”
“Lord Cayden may not be of the same mind,” Xander re
