Tessa cleared her throat. "The real question is what sucker are we going to take to their death with us?"
Lotus giggled. "As much as I appreciate your optimism, I don't think that any of the mages would actually agree to go with us. Even the tank type warriors wouldn't fall for that, and we can only pick from the Ascended Ranks, so we can't recruit an experienced Commander from the Mercenary groups.
That rules out calling for any powerful old friends or connections."
Karl had considered that for a moment as well, but Bob Mackenzie would be too powerful to be pulled into their team, and if Karl's guess was right, the entire family would be out somewhere already.
"Then who can we even get?" Dana asked.
Karl smiled. He knew just who to ask.
