Chapter 38: Coming Apart

Syd paced my quarters, coming to a halt as Mabel and I swept our way in.

"What the hell is going on?" She nodded to the drach who nodded back. "Where did you go?"

"The veil," I said. "We found Nunaresh."

Pagomaris sagged with a soft cry. "Thank the Node," she said.

"It is no longer part of Demonicon," Mabel said.

I was prepared for the gasps of shock from my gathered friends and forged on. "No matter how much of an arrogant ass our

grandfather is," I said to Syd whose scowl told me she'd lost their argument, "we need to tell him what's going on."

"What we need," Sass said from his perch in Sequoia's lap, "is for you to retake control and find you a new Second Seat."

"What makes you think Henemordonin will listen?" Syd's anger only grew, a visible glow in her eyes as she started pacing

again. "For all we know, he's involved."

"But how?" I'd already considered the fact he might be somehow in bed with the Planeless leader, Xeoniteridone, but had