"Iathor! Everyone's all right," she said, with a grasp of important details that would've sent his heart racing if he didn't already know. "There was some matter with Bynae's family, and they went by the Millwell warehouses of all places, and some wretched bunch of savages tried to rob them! Dayn's put to bed, and your wife's having a lie-down too. She looked truly awful." Less reassuring than he'd thought. "I heard. I needed to talk to the guard about another matter–" (which he'd forgotten to do, blight it, but Thioso might remember) "–and saw them bringing in the men. One was marked with a defensive brew I'd made, a paralytic." Jonie gasped. Iathor continued, "I questioned him with Tryth. They were hired to attack Kessa. To kill her." "Sweet Earth and Rain," Jonie said, fingers against her mouth. "Go, see that she's all right. I'll speak with Ietra and our steward." Iathor nodded, and went, with Brague following behind. Some matter with Bynae's family? He tried to be quiet, walking into the bedroom – but the bed was empty.
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