Chapter 13 – Contradictions
“What happened to your nose?” Shariel asked.
“Yeah,” Irylia said. “What's the story there, love? You been in a fight or something?”
Jerry placed his tray on the table and sat.
“It's not as bad as it looks,” Kajora said.
“So?” Shariel asked. “You going to tell us?”
“Calael,” Jerry said with a sigh. “His fist is what happened.”
Irylia chuckled. “Popped you one, did he?”
“Barbarian,” Shariel said, shaking her head. “They all were. Every last Harisatar. But especially him.”
“Why do you hate them so much?” Jerry asked. “What did that clan ever do to you? And why 'especially him'? What's your grudge with Calael specifically?”
The others turned to her.
Shariel looked a little uneasy at having such a rapt audience, but she began to speak anyway. “There have a
