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“Has anyone seen Steve?”
“I have not, Lady Sarah.” Kern gestured in Rhenyon’s direction. “The captain will know where he is.”
Smiling weakly, Sarah hurried to find the captain. This just wasn’t like her husband. He would either be by her side at all times or else let her know what he was doing, especially in a situation such as this.
She found Rhenyon writing out his progress report on one of the blank pieces of parchment. He looked up as she approached. He nodded. “Lady Sarah.”
“Have you seen Steve? I can’t find him and it’s not like him to wander off.”
Rhenyon frowned. He quickly rose to his feet. One of the Nohrin was missing? Not good.
“All hands, report in.”
Alarmed, all soldiers dropped what they were doing and snapped to attention.
“Pheron reporting in.”
“Kern here.”
“Darius reporting in.”
“Rhein reporting in.”
A pause. “Jalen?” Rhenyon called. “Report in, now!”
Another pause. “When was the last time anyone saw Jalen?”
“I saw him earlier, captain,” Rhein reported, “I believe he was searching upriver for firewood.”
Sarah and Rhenyon nervously eyed each other.
“That’s the type of task that Steve would want to help with,” Sarah said quietly to Rhenyon.
That did it. Rhenyon strapped on his sword. “Sir Steve is missing. Jalen is missing as well. Split up. Find them both. Signal if ye find anything, no matter how trivial.”
The soldiers scrambled into their arms.
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