With the survivors secured, Erik and Naeku soon led them to the nearest city, before going off on their own again. Yet, there wasn't much more to do with regard to their mission.
By now, they had saved and scared several villages, and news about third-ranked attacks was starting to spread by word-of-mouth rather than news bulletins from Naeku's family. The latter of which most of these smaller villages took with a grain of salt.
So, after about two weeks away, Erik and Naeku returned to Enkare Nkai.
***
"We're not telling my family about this, understand?" Naeku grumbled, her eyes focused on a sigil drawn on the floor. She, Erik, and all his current wives were gathered in Erik's dimension's large, circular living room, grouped around the heartfire sigil Elora had just created.
The werepanther looked up from the sigil to look wryly at Erik. "Father might actually kill you if he finds out…"
