Micah blinked slowly, his only indication that he had heard what his mother had just said.

It's not possible! It just can't be true!!  He thought wildly.

He already knew that Sari knew, for she had told him the basic facts, earlier that day.

Yet how could this be the same day, how could this be the same lifetime!!

Sari had returned with his brothers and sisters quickly, not telling them why they had been summoned, and from what he gathered they knew no more about the situation than he did.

Now, he glanced around the room desperately taking in his siblings' reactions.

Adaim, who had been leaning against the door, jumped as if he had received a jab in the ribs, and peered at his parents through wide, shocked blue eyes.

Keira had shrinked away from him slightly in her chair, which was next to his, and was now staring at him in the same way Adaim was staring at their parents, and when he turned to look at her she had patted his arm awkwardly, and shifted her gaze to the ground.

Ari was staring too, with just as much fright in her eyes as there was in Keira's.

It was Lyran's voice that made him tear his eyes away from his sisters frightened faces and look again at his parents.

" You must be joking." It was a statement full of laughter, and moments later he gave in to it, laughing so uncontrollably that he almost fell to the floor.

"That kid cant even hold a proper sword! How do you expect him to do what.."

Sar cut Lyrans mocking laughter short.

She had jumped to her feet and now advanced slowly toward her brother.

He leered at her as she snarled, " That kid is your brother, Lyran, and if you don't shut up and try to be nice to the poor boy for once then you'll have to deal with me. I'm his guard. He's my responsibility, and he's in my hands and if you don't…"

"Sar please don't start" her father groaned.

What happened next shocked them all.

"No! No father I wont stop. None of you seem to understand what this means".

"Oh yeah! What does it mean then!!!" Lyran demanded, glaring at Sarini once again.

"It means he's going to die".

That did it.

Her father came to his feet, roaring, and he mother interjected, "Sari! You weren't supposed to…"

They all turned from Sarina to Keladry, except Domitan, who faced his daughter angrily.

" That's it Sar. I asked you not to speak of this and you disobeyed me. I can't begin to imagine how…"

But not for the first time, another member of my story was cut short, this time by cries of "Wolf, wolf where are you? Daughter of the Shang you are needed. They are coming Wolf, hurry!"

Sar spun away from her father and grabbed Micah's hand.

"Listen to me carefully little brother. Go to your rooms and pack some clothes, enough for a week at the most, then gather together all your weapons, any you own, and pack them to. Next go to the kitchens and get some food. And them go into the courtyard; your horse will be waiting for you there. One of my people will be waiting also, to take you out of here. I'm not sure whom but you must obey them, you must be brave, and you must do exactly as your told. You hear me? Micah your life depends on it. Please Micah. Do you understand me?"

He didn't. Not one bit.

He turned to his parents, bewildered.

Surely this was joke. Surely they could fix it.

Yet they did nothing.

They didn't even look at him.

He started toward them, but his sister pushed him from the room and toward the stair.

"Go Micah"

He ran.

Up the stairs.

Into his room.

Clothes, Sari had said he needed clothes.

He packed hurriedly, then grabbed his daggers and crossbow and turned to flee.

Then he stopped.

He turned back and stared at the sword.

Lyrans voice filled his head. That kid cant even hold a real sword!

Then Sar's voice, desperate. Gather your weapons, any you own.

Without hesitating he grabbed the hilt and slid the sword into his belt.

Then he fled.

He sprinted into the courtyard, after raiding the kitchen, and stopped, confused.

There was no one in sight.

He looked around but still, no one.

Was this one of Lyrans jokes?

He turned to go back, and in doing so, didn't see an archer steadying himself in a nearby tree.

An arrow came whistling through the air from behind.

He fell to the ground.

(A/n) don't worry he's not dead.

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