BACHUÉ:
The military council had begun. I had been invited, to my surprise. I didn't think Lord Soto would be interested in my opinion. In that Kristala common room were also the Duke, Lord Allende, from a vassal house of the Sotos, Lord Zelaya, from another vassal house, Anne's mother: Madame Jan Sabine, Anne's uncle Fernard Sabine and the general of the armies of the North: Lord Gaston Fontaine.
Lady Anne Sabine had escaped from the Kristala, by order of Lord Soto, for her life was in danger as she was pregnant with the northern heir. Veny did the same. "I'm sorry, my lady, but a bard is of no use in a war," he told me before he left. I found it ironic since Veny can control minds with his music. He would be most useful in a war. I guess he was scared. I didn't blame him.
