The smallest tower of the Keep but it is in the best shape. It is on the northeast corner of the Keep.

Millie propped her elbows on some stones. She missed her shop. She missed her friend. She missed her siblings. She sank to the floor, her back against the outer wall.

After walking half of the outer wall, Lek had to go into the Garden Tower to continue searching the wall.

"Millie?"

"Lek! You're back!" Millie said, not having mustered a whole lot of enthusiasm.

Lek threw his arms around Millie, sobbing. "I found Papa! But Mama refuses to accept it's him so he's being kept in the dungeon and Mama wants to go back to the convent!"

"Maybe it wasn't him. Maybe she was so badly hurt by this whole thing that she will never trust anyone who looks like...him. She...she wants to return to the convent?"

"We have to stop her!" Lek said. "And I know it's Papa. I was with him all week. It's him. Mama has to give him a chance."

Lek began tugging on Millie's hand to lead he from the tower.

"I want to sit here a little longer. I don't want to face anyone right now," Millie said, pulling her hand back.

"I need you Millie!" Lek cried. He began to realize there was something more going on than he knew about. "What's wrong?"

"Pinja. She wasn't getting any better and is growing weaker by the moment. She can't keep anything down. But she talked Aalyssa into taking her to where she believed Jack and the raiders to be hiding. She told Difyr to tell me goodbye. She couldn't even do it herself. Her friend wasn't even worth a real face to face goodbye."

Lek was shocked.

"If Pinja was so weak she never should have left! Can she even surv- No!" More tears. "She had gone through so much and survived, we did so much for her- especially you! How could she leave us like that?" Lek felt hurt, grief stricken and angry.

"According to Difyr, Pinja felt is was her responsibility to make certain Jack never hurt anyone again. I don't see how she could have survived, Difyr did not seem to hold any hope. It sounded like this was Pinja's deathbed wish." Millie started crying. "I would have wanted to say goodbye."