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we do.” Leev spoke out. “Did you know that Raven left the castle nearly defenseless?”
    “For once, your aunt had decided to do something for someone other than herself. I gave her permission to treat the guards after the battle.” The king acknowledged.
    “We were attacked right outside the inner castle wall.” Leo announced, not waiting for Leev to tell them.
    “Are you girls’ okay?” Mina looked frantic by the news.
    “No one was hurt, if it wasn’t for one of the dragon warriors. I would have been seriously injured.” Rṓ gaire admitted causing April to blush.
    I am quite sure that I was not the only one who noticed the redness of April’s face, and the expression on Mina’s was one of pure disapproval.
    “Thankfully no one was hurt. I will have to bid you farewell here for now ladies. Leev, you and Leo follow me and recount every detail of the attack.”
    “Yes, your majesty.” Leo and Leev said in unison, before following the King out.
    “You girls must be hungry, I will go and have something prepared for you, and brought up to your room.”
    Mina quickly soon left leaving only Nolin, Rṓ gaire, my sisters, and myself. Nolin gestured us toward one of the couches against the walls as he quietly spoke with his assistant.
    “I am thinking I liked this welcome more than the first one, excluding the attack part, of course.” Angie said plopping down on the couch. “Come on, I know you are also curious about the drama between Mina and Raven?”
    “I am a little.” April admitted. “I wonder what Raven meant by what she said to the king before she walked away.”
    “I didn’t hear her say anything.”
    “I didn’t either, but I could clearly make out the movements of her lips from where I was standing.”
    “What did she say?” I asked feeling a little enthusiastic.
    “You have always swayed toward the side of the woman with the fine eyes.” April repeated, poorly imitating Raven.
    “What is that supposed to mean?”
    “It means that the drama of two has a new cast member.” Angie joked.
    The sound of someone clearing their throat drew my attention, as I turned to find Nolin leaning on his cane, his face nearly inches away from ours, and Rṓ gaire was no longer in the room.
    “If you girls’ are done…conversing. Let us come to some kind of understanding about your next steps.” Nolin said before emitting a bright light from his cane into the floor, causing the area to morph upward into a chair.
    No matter how many times I witnessed the power of the celtas and energy, it never ceases to leave me stunned.
    “Now, since you are here. I would like to know what your plans are.”
    All the joking from earlier was now gone, as Nolin’s words caused me to really think about what I truly wanted. “I plan on finding our adopted parents. I mean Nanina and Machen.”
    “Yes, Rṓ gaire informed me of the message that was left for you at the tree of truth. May I see it?”
    Seeing Angie reach into the side of her backpack to take out her cellphone, made me realize that I had forgotten all about the one I was carrying as well.
    For the first time since entering the castle, I looked down at my dress and realized that it was covered in grass and dirt stains. I must have looked horrible in front of the King and the prince. I felt like disappearing into the couch cushions.
    “Here is the message.” Angie pointed out as she gave the phone to Nolin.
    “Now I see. It seems that the people of Eupai and Earth speaks the same dialect, but our written language is quite different indeed. Even I can’t decipher this.”
    “Well, that is not entirely true,” I said taking the phone from Nolin as I began to read the message from the phone.
    The look of confusion on his face, told me everything I needed to know. “What I just read was English. This is just one of the many languages on Earth.”
    “This means that you must have been taught the language of your home world while on Earth.” Nolin