“All right.” Troy stood up and looked around. He paused on Trendan. “You and Jeri are looking for this river?”
Trendan nodded.
“You call us if you run into any trouble, or it even feels wrong.”
Trendan nodded once more. “I just hope we find it.” He looked at his phone and frowned.
“Trouble?” Troy stood motionless and watched him.
“No. Bastian spoke to Elyas, and the person who told him his other died in childbirth—” He looked up from his phone. “Was an old guard for my family.”
“Where is this guard now?” Victor demanded.
“Unknown.” Trendan typed something on his phone. “Sigor is going to see if he can locate him.”
Victor nodded. “We will bring him here if he does.”
Troy inclined his head to his brother. “Absolutely.”
Michael put his hand up. “I can’t remember if I’m on a task list.”
Troy’s expression changed to amusement. “You do have a task, brother.”
Michael looked disappointed.
“Go have a nap.”
Michael got up quickly. “Absolutely, my king.” He saluted him and all but staggered from the room.
“Tor and Ulric have to take a watcher shift,” Trendan said quickly. “With Bas and I both missing, we’re a little short.”
“I felt sad for a second, and then I remember what you do,” Daxx said.
“Without them, humans go extinct.” Leone clarified.
“I get that. That doesn’t mean I want to think about it.” Daxx shrugged.
“I’ll be at the guard’s yard if I’m required. Page me.” Victor stood up. “We have guards from Solrelm, Veiltide, and Interealm coming over for training.”
“Good.” Troy sighed. “We’re going to need a lot more if we’re to cover everything.”
“I’m over studying the camera locations?” Emil sat forward.
Troy looked at him. “Yes, with Bohdi, Alona, and Paisley.”
“I still don’t…”
“Shush, Chase.” Alona looked annoyed. “If I can’t do anything else, but staring at a camera is as safe as it gets.”
“Call if you find a location,” Chase said with a pleasant smile on his face.
“Actually, call Reagan. We need to check for traces of magic.” Troy reminded him.
“Yes.”
Arius stood up and walked around to stand behind Paisley. He leaned down and kissed the top of her head. “Leone, Beth, and I will work on more housing for the fathers.”
Bethany stood up. “Even if we don’t have enough space, we’ll find somewhere for them.”
“Good.” Tory turned to Abe. “You go meet up with Bastian. We need to start moving the fathers.” He glanced at Quinton. “Quinton, Rea, Liri and Raf will help.”
Abe stood up. “We’ll get them all moved.”
“Princess Aireese suggested bringing Arius in if they were uncooperative. She doesn’t think any magic used would be good at this point.”
Arius grinned. “I’m just a phone call away.” He tipped his head to Abe and then walked out of the room.
“Aireese is going to be at the locations with Kara and me when the men are brought there. And hopefully, we’ll find some that will be all right after the magic is removed.”
“Any word on my father?” Reagan asked.
“He’s first on the list.” Troy smiled.
“Thank you.” Reagan exchanged a look with her mate, Quinton.
“Is that everyone?” Troy looked around. “If you’re not on one of the teams, I suggest you go rest while you can.”
“Troy?”
He turned to look at his mate.
“I’m not on a list.” She didn’t look happy.
He grinned. “Yes, you are. If they find a location, after Reagan clears it, you and some of our guards go in and clear it out.”
Daxx smiled at him. “Finally.” She pointed to Emil. “Find those locations. Quickly.”
Trendan stood up. “I want to get going before it’s too dark to locate the right spot.”
“I can take them over.” Crissy stood in the doorway. She sighed. “I want to do something.”
Troy nodded. “Absolutely. Thank you, Crissy.”
She nodded and waved her arm to motion for Trendan and Jeri to come over. “I need my roof for some quiet time.”
Jeri had no idea what that meant, but this was the first time she’d seen Crissy look affected by any of what was happening. Usually, she was too distracted to focus on what was going on around her. She heard everything. You just didn’t know she did until she had something to share.