"That boy, always running off and leaving me behind to pick up the slack. How did one week turn into three months?" Xara complained?
The bags under her eyes told a story of the number of hours she had put in running Estia with Xasha and the others away. Who told both Xasha, Saxon, and Fitzroy to leave? It was a nightmare trying to keep everything running without the people everyone feared and respected most.
Xara was just now seeing that Estia was being held together by a threat. She now understood what Verra was saying about the importance of Xasha as the leader. He was an effective mascot to keep the piece and everyone in check.
