"Maybe Aalyssa knows how." Difyr said hopefully. "There must be some way."

Aislyn thought for a moment. "We should mention to Wulfsen an Xander to search the manor tomorrow for books. Keegan probably had something about them."

"Brighid's first husband, right?" Difyr considered it. "He had magical items, didn't he?"

"He did. Kegan had books on every subject you could think of, including many on magic. He also had amulets and all sorts of things. The manor is a treasure trove. Unless of course it was pillaged during the attack."

Difyr shuddered to think f what those raiders would do with magic. "I hope everything is still there."

"I hope it is as well. I'm sure Wulfsen will be able to spare a dungeon cell or something to store everything in for a while."

"He had that much?" Difyr asked.

"He had a whole library of books. Sileas would be in her element, we wouldn't see her for days, if not weeks, if she could get her hands on them. As I said, all types of subject matter. I'm not sure exactly of how many items, but I do remember he had a room dedicated to them."

"We'll need a lot of wagons to transport everything, a lot of horses or oxen too." Difyr said. She wished Brighid was still alive, she might know what was worth taking and what could be left behind.

"I'm sure they'll prioritize and make several trips. Wulfsen may send some people to Portside to purchase more. No doubt the raiders took all the horses and wagons. Probably my cow too."

"They seemed to grab anything of value." Difyr said.

"They'll bring Eleanor back when she throws one of her fits with her milk." Aislyn very nearly smiled, thinking of the unusual cow.

"Ais?" Liadan tapped on the door before opening it. "Is Yehudit in here?"

Aislyn jerked awake with a frown. What? Why would Lia even begin to think Yehudit would be with her and the twins. "No," she called back softly so she wouldn't disturb the twins.

Liadan sighed.

"We just got back from the village, where could she have gone now?"

"Do you really need me to answer that? She's with Sileas. Wait. What were you doing in the village?"

"Sileas got it into her head that Brie was still alive so she had to go there and Yehudit tagged along... Well it turns out Brie was and is still alive." Liadan admitted. "But I still think I ought to punish Yehudit for taking off like she did."

"Brie's still alive!" Aislyn was shocked and she hoped it was for a pleasant reason. "Somehow Yehudit needs to understand there are certain situations she's not equipped to follow Sileas into. But I don't know how you'll get it through to her." Aislyn sighed. "How would you punish her? If you ground her, she'll just sneak out."
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"Brie's alive but they really hurt her..." Liadan's voice broke. "She's in the healing room. That girl who helped Millie in her shop, Pinja, is alive too but htey really hurt her too. The momzers." Liadan slumped against the wall. "I don't know how to get through to her, she never wants to leave Sileas's side."

Aislyn could only imagine what had been done to Brie and Pinja. She glanced at Millie when Lia mentioned Pinja, but Millie had cried herself to sleep and was spent. "I will go see them tomorrow. The problem as I see it is that Yehudit has a stubborn, refusing to see reason side. I can't imagine how she got that."

"Aron can be so stubborn at times, it's like talking to a stone wall when he disagrees with me." Liadan said, a tear slipping from her eye. "I think we're in trouble."

"He got that from Mama." Aislyn eyed Lia.  She gently lay the twins down and stood. After stretching, she walked over to Lia. "What's wrong?"

"He wants to leave. He's been talking about going to the monastery." Liadan spoke in a choked voice.

Of all the things Aislyn imagined Lia would say, that wasn't it. "The monastery? He hasn't mentioned that in years. Why? Is it because the inn is gone? We all lost everything."

"That's only part of it. He thinks I don't see Yehudit as his. He thinks the children don't need him... that I don't need him." Liadan was struggling to compose herself but the tears escaped her.