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'Tired' was an understatement. She couldn’t stop thinking
about a bed. “I can't wait to see my room.”
    “Stay with Leon,” Jaren said. “Word of your
arrival has already spread throughout the city. You'll be safest
with him. As unfortunate as it is, there are certain individuals
who may find the smell of human blood irresistible.”
    “Aye,” Gavin said. “They'll think twice
before messin’ with Leon.”
    Denzso stood. “This meeting is adjourned,
then. Leon, we'll send for you and Sara tomorrow.”
    “I've got a guest room you can use.” Leon
said to Sara.
    “So where's your place at?” Sara asked, as
they exited the building.
    “Just down the street, this way,” Leon said,
leading on.
    There came a point during the short walk when
they came to a small clearing with a house sitting on a hill. It
was extremely odd because it seemed out of place with so many huge
buildings surrounding it.
    “That's your house?” Sara asked.
    “Sure is,” Leon said. “It's been a long time
since I've had any guests.”
    When they entered, Leon placed his sword with
others just like it on a wall.
    Among the swords, Sara noticed several dozen
small glaives with the blades retracted.
    “The guest room is upstairs, down the hall,
on the left,” Leon said, lying down on a couch. “Have a good
night.”
    Sara started up the stairs. “See you
tomorrow.” In the guest room, she placed her items on a dresser
before sliding into bed and falling into a deep sleep.
     
     
     

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
     
    The next day, Sara woke thinking at first
she'd slept only a few hours. It took a second for her to remember
no sunlight touched the city. Light coming through the window was
much the same as the day before.
    After a quick wash, Sara grabbed her stuff
and made haste down the stairs to find Leon filling a tiny
reservoir in a glaive with his blood, and speaking with a woman
dressed in clothes that almost revealed too much.
    “I...hope I'm not interrupting,” Sara
said.
    “Sara, this is my friend, Caycee.” Leon said,
attaching the blood glaive to the clothing on his torso.
    “Hello.” Caycee waved.
    “Let me guess, Kanara?” Sara asked.
    “Siena,” Caycee corrected.
    “Not bad,” Leon said. “The power of the Siena
and Kanara both come from the mind, but the Siena have a very
special gift. Call it intuition, or foresight.”
    “If you ever lose anything, or want your
fortune read, just see me.” Caycee said.
    “You can see the future?” Sara asked.
    There was a short pause as Caycee tried to
think of a way to explain. Nervously interlocking her hands, she
said. “Well, not yet, but I can tell you how I feel.”
    “She gives very good advice,” Leon
clarified.
    “What did you get from them?” asked Sara.
    “The Siena? You could call it a sixth sense.
It made me a little paranoid at first, but eventually I got use to
it. Now, it's more like what you would call a gut feeling.”
    Sara then asked. “What about that woman with
the red dye in her hair?”
    “Alexia,” Leon said. “All of the Doran are
born with streaks of red in their hair. It probably has something
to do with their power over blood.”
    “And Marus?”
    Caycee answered. “You can thank the Turin for
the perpetual cloud over the city. And if you think they overdress
then you should see their section of the city – completely covered
in fog so thick you can't see ten feet in front of you. They’re
insanely paranoid about the sun.”
    Just then there was a knock at the door.
    “It's open!” Leon said.
    A Vesuvian stepped in. “The Council wants to
see you.”
    Leon looked at Sara. “Are you ready?”
    “Yeah,” Sara answered.
    At the Council's table, for the first time,
Sara saw a Khothu and Hegiran, two of each in fact. Both were just
as the descriptions she had read.
    The Khothu were lizard people with skin
similar to humans, but with small scales on various parts of their
bodies. Both wore medieval-style clothing with some leather