“Then you plan to take what is owed you and bear the weight of two Crowns?” I forced my hands to loosen. “Yes.” His head bowed slightly. “And will you help bring back what was ours to protect? What will allow the Consort to wake?” Kieran sent me a glance of concern, and I really had no idea what Nektas was speaking of or what would happen if the Consort awakened. But I asked, “What is it that I need to help bring back?” “Your father.”
