Chapter 22

“Why are we going north?“

The milky voice asked in confusion after hearing where they were going. As Lorak had become bored after a while of walking in silence, he began to ask questions timidly. Once he saw that neither of them seemed irritated by the constant questions, he perked up. Until he reached the topic: “Where will we go and why?”

“Dad and I are after someone.”

“Who?” the little eyes shone with curiosity.

"my cousin."

“why are we after your cousin? He is lost?"

“no… I just need to find him to break all his teeth…” Ziad interrupted his words when he felt an elbow in his ribs. Looking to the side he saw Aart looking at him as if he said: “Don't say strange things to him!”.

“so?“ turning his head to one side, Lorak waited patiently for him to continue.

“so… well, we need his help. That's why we're looking for him,” Ziad thought before adding, “We want to help some people, and our current strength isn't enough.”

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