Page 62 of Savage Throne
“Good.” Tension gathered in my shoulders. “I’ll see you in the morning, Dima.”
“You will. I plan to help out with your training.”
A sad grin hit my face. “So you’re going to let me hit you?”
“Aww. If only you were so lucky.”
The call ended.
Then, someone knocked on the door.
I called out, “Yes?”
The door opened and Duck peeked his head in. “You told me to grab you once Moni’s sisters had settled in.”
I swallowed. “Fine, I’m coming.”
Moni wanted her sisters to have a safe and comfortable first night in the East. I would make sure that happened before heading to bed.
I just hoped that they would be okay this evening, and I could eventually go to sleep.
Will everything be okay?
Chapter eleven
Aunts, Allies, and Attitude
Lei
A minute later, Duck and I made our way down the hallway toward TT’s room.
He’s got her on Mount Utopia.
I thought it would make me feel better to at least know where she was but somehow it made everything worse.
My head throbbed. It was a dull ache pulsing at my temples.
Duck murmured on my side, “after this, you go to sleep.”
I pursed my lips.
He continued, “The stress is going to kill you if you don’t shut your brain off for a few hours.”
My voice was sharper than I intended, “I need to make sure Moni’s sisters are comfortable first.”
Duck nodded. “You want to take on all this by yourself, huh? That’s cute. But even the Mountain Master needs a mountain to lean on.”
“That doesn’t make sense.”
“It doesn’t matter. It still sounded deep and wise.”
“It didn’t.” I rolled my eyes. “Dima has satellites on Mount Utopia because I think Moni is there.”
“And?”
“There was a lot of gunfire minutes before.”
“Moni can shoot?”
