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Astien's eyes darted back and forth between the two men. He clutched his belly protectively. Perhaps sensing that his mother was feeling threatened, Aiden kicked harder and harder. "What are you hiding, Astien?" Loke asked again, voice low and menacing.

Aralith brought Cormac to a training yard. She pointed to a dummy. "Knock it down." She commanded. Unbeknownst to poor Cormac, it was heavily weighted, and anyone would have trouble simply knocking it down.