Trap Within a Trap

"Sir, what are you doing here?" Christian ask, shocked.

A few seconds later, Miorich appeared by the door. He waved his hand and instructed his men to stay outside. "Prepare yourselves," he said as he walked into the room. "We are leaving the city immediately."

"Us?" Anfey asked.

"Yes. You, Christian, Niya, and Suzanna. Shally should be fine if she stays with me for a while. She would only slow you down. Don’t worry, Suzanna. As long as I am alive, no harm with come to your sister. I will deliver her to you myself in two months’ time."

Anfey, Christian, and Suzanna glanced at each other. "Wouldn’t that be too much trouble?" Suzanna asked quietly.

"Why would it be?"

"We don’t know where the necromancers are hiding, and if we leave the city we would surely be targets. The four of us can’t really do much."