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The Wishing Map

Chapter Twenty-Three: Return to Rennou (Continued)

Previously: B’frona confessed his failure to overcome the kidnappers who captured Gina’s dragon.

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He stood steeped in anguish as Sh’renn, his adoptive sister, picked up the narrative: “I left my sleeping mother and went to the marketplace, knowing that I would find him there. I found him, yes…beaten and bloodied, this courageous boy. But the Dragon of Rennou was gone. I washed his face and waited. When he came to his senses, he told me what Skelljaip and Artifíga had done. And then…”

To Gina and Zack’s surprise, B’frona took Sh’renn’s hand and finished the sentence for her: “We smelled smoke and rushed to the widow’s house. When we arrived, the flames—”

“He tried over and over to enter,” said Sh’renn. “He still has the…