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Cono. He must have known
where I had disappeared too. He met my eyes in disappointment.
    In all his treatment was kind, as kind as
one could be given my circumstance. He waited until King Edulf
departed. Signaling to the others, he said in a tone not to
questioned, “There is no need. I will fly her to the tower.”
    Away from the eyes of all, he took me into
his arms as if I weighed nothing. Unseeingly concern that I would
disrupt his flight, he flew to a balcony which led into a dark lit
room even in the middle of a bright day. He released me. All heads
turned upon our appearance. Cono immediately began to bark orders,
but I didn’t listen to them. My soul deflated.
    He led me into the cell. “I wish none of
this had happened, Kela. Pray be patient. I’m certain all will
settle. Stop infuriating the King. I will do what I can after the
ceremony. Please for your own sake do nothing until I come
again.”
    He gave me no time for response before
closing behind him the thick wooden door. In time I closed my eyes.
Sleep must have befallen me for the next I awoke startled. Night
had fallen for the air outside the window had turned dark. A loud
voice bellowed outside my door. The next instant it opened wide.
Turstan!
    “All that’s in heavin! For one to be treated
such! For what reason! She is one of them.” Turstan’s voice shook
the walls, echoing his fury.
    I scrambled to my feet and ran to him.
Shivering, I knew not from the cold or my experience. Breaking from
his hold, others began to circle around me. He had not come alone.
Lord Lothar stood beside Cono, but it was Falco whom my eyes beheld
with water within them. He had come for me.
    Lord Lothar gestured with his hand and the
Winged Guard departed. Before he began talking, he motioned for
Cono to make sure all had left. Then he turned his attention to
Turstan.
    “We have not long. We need only to decipher
how to handle this before I present our plan to the king. I can’t
answer King Edulf’s reaction, Turstan. Frustration with all,
perhaps. That the Euchoun we had hoped for is a mere girl. That his
agreement he gave he doesn’t want to hold to. Whatever the reason,
his lordship is adamant about it. At the moment, we have kept her
here. The other two he openly accepts. He has his reasons, Turstan.
And he is King and he has declared that Kela stay out of sight from
everyone. If she could have contained herself, she could have
stayed within my home, but after the display this day it is not an
option.”
    “We have the house outside the city,” Cono
offered returning to his grandfather’s side.
    My anger toward him subsided somewhat with
his effort. My hand gripped Turstan’s tightly, frighteningly
fighting back the tears welling in my eyes. For the first time in
my life I was truly frightened, not for my safety but being ripped
from my family. My biggest fear.
    “Then the King is a fool! He knows not the
power which lies in that girl. I know. I have seen!” Turstan
declared. “But, Lothar, even if the girl had not the power, for all
that is wholly, is she not his granddaughter?”
    “In that I don’t understand. I do know that
the King has extensive knowledge of Euchouns. He seems to give
credit to Falco for her display,” Lothar acknowledged. “From all
accounts, most give Falco the credit for all that occurred that
night.”
    Falco laughed out loud. “You can rest
assure, my Lord, it wasn’t I. I may have the ability to do small
things,” he paused. He looked at a wobbly chair at the end of
beaten table. The chair fell back. “That, sir, is the extent of my
ability. A far cry from the destruction Kela caused. I know of no
other, but I will give you that I had never seen such even from her
than what she did that night. I cannot turn from my sister. I will
not.”
    Lord Lothar sighed heavily in a manner that
he wanted not to deal with Falco’s stance. He turned to Cono.
“Cono, you agree? You had hold of the girl. If she did all the
damage and