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    “Why is the child just standing there? She needs to stop this. If the next few weeks are to be resolved smoothly, these two need to accompany her, not attack her guardian.” Calliale’s frustration boiled over and startled the hawk into flapping her wings. “Sorry, my friend, but I can’t help it! Why is it that Father allows Espilieth to interfere in the Human’s lives and not me?”
    The hawk settled again and waggled her tail.
    Calliale watched as the Paladin and the Elysian feinted and circled. The Urakh Shaman had finished his incantation and now an amorphous sphere of green light floated over his shoulder. “Why is an Otherworld Spirit involved in this? Is Vaarzasia trying to influence things?”
    The hawk made a soft keeing noise in the back of her throat.
    “I know, I know. It’s not her fault that one of her Shamans is here, but they are the best two for the job. They might at least be able to get the child out of there alive.”
    The hawk shifted from one foot to the other as the combatants lashed out at each other. Calliale lost sight of the girl as they moved in front of her. “Damn. Can you get any closer to her?” The Hawk shook herself. “Fair enough. I suppose it would look a bit odd if…”
    A pulse of jubilation made the Hawk flap rapidly in surprise. She called out and Calliale answered. “I’ve had an idea…”
    * * *
    Freya gave up pleading with Vrenstalliren. The elf had ignored her all the way and had drawn his sword on Kraarz when he started incanting, forcing Lin to protect the Shaman. She tried one last time to get through the Paladin’s thick skull.
    “Vrenstalliren, all he is doing was proving who he is! There’s no need of this.”
    He replied haughtily.
    “I’m sorry, my Lady, but I take my responsibilities very seriously. He has committed a hostile action by summoning a possibly evil spirit to…”
    Freya rolled her eyes as his visor cut off the rest of his speech. She looked across at Kraarz.
    “I’m sorry about this, Kraarz.”
    “’Tis not your fault, Lady Freya. Let Lin pound some sense into him. She’s very good at that, I don’t think she’ll hurt him a great deal.” The Urakh looked up at the emerald green ball of light that appeared above his shoulder. “It’s about time you arrived, Vox.”
    The light pulsed and Freya heard a clear voice from it inside her head, the same way that she heard Korettln.
    “I was busy. I don’t have to hang around you all the time, Kraarz.”
    Kraarz laughed.
    “Lady Freya, may I introduce Vox, my Otherworld Spirit Companion and general ego deflator.”
    The light floated over to Freya as Lin and Vrenstalliren circled in front of her. Freya could see that Lin wasn’t even trying to attack the Paladin, just defending and counterattacking his blows.
    “So you are the next Empress of Elysia. I told Kraarz that you were.” The light’s smug tone made Freya giggle. “You’re a pretty one as well. It must come from your Father’s side, your mother, aunt and grandmother were all as plain as unseasoned Virax.”
    “So you are Vox. I’m pleased to make your acquaintance,” Freya replied, smiling.
    “Polite too. Your Grandmother let her position go to her head and it made her and your aunt arrogant. That’s why your parents were banished after their marriage.” Vox floated back to Kraarz. “She felt your father’s rank too far beneath your mother.”
    “Don’t be insolent, Vox. Lady Freya doesn’t know much about her parents. They were killed when she was small.”
    “I know. I talked to them for you, remember?” Vox settled onto the skull on Kraarz’s staff. “They asked me to tell you that they love you and your brother, even though he’s gone over to the enemy.”
    “What?” Freya’s heart lurched. “What do you mean gone over to the enemy?”
    “Whoops! I’ll talk to you about it later. For the moment, you’re going to need to stand up strong and hold still.” The light