Shady

"I'm sending a letter." Jayk glanced at him for the briefest moment before taking the pencil and paper from a boy who brought them to him. "And setting a meeting." ...

Jayk snapped at one of the boys they passed. "Paper and pencil." He hurried to where Glynn and Jerica were still sitting. Jerica still looked a bit weak, but was ...

"The gods be damned," Jayk growled under his breath. For all he knew, Femola had an entire army combing through the woods at this very moment. "How long ago did ...

Jayk rubbed his face with both hands, audibly groaning. "Fuck!" Of all of the people to figure out that she was still alive -- and the fact that they were ...

Jayk cringed. Run-ins. Jerica. Trouble. He tried again to mentally map out the way they might have taken. If it had driven them this deep into Swaltou, Jerica clearly thought ...

Jayk nodded again, trying to think of what path that meant they'd taken, to get right there, right then. "Did you cut through--" He cut himself off, realizing Elias probably ...

Jayk rubbed his face. This was a disaster. He sighed deeply. "Fine. I'll ask her when she recovers. How long have you been on the road?"

Jayk hummed. He wasn't getting the information he wanted, but he was trying to be patient. He also wasn't planning on sharing secrets, so the hesitancy made sense. But was ...

Jayk nodded slowly, softening his expression when Elias seemed to get the hint. So, it'd been some sort of bizarre malfunction with the portals. He seemed to genuinely not know ...

Jayk raised an eyebrow at him. Boy was sorely mistaken if he thought he was in control of this situation. "There's a reason you're with Jerica. I want you to ...

"Heh." Jayk took a deep breath, then slowly let it out. He considered giving Elias an actual answer, but, he still didn't know anything about this boy, other than the ...

Jayk rubbed the back of his neck, glancing around again. "Whatever kind I can get... we have eyes and ears everywhere. And I keep my thumb on the pulse of ...

Jayk sucked in a deep breath then blew it out. "Yes. And, yes... we are in Swaltou. Non-criminals tend to avoid these woods like the plague... which is why I'm ...

Jayk snorted but nodded at him with a smirk. "Good. None of it. Portal. Alternate universe. Dragon. Dragon Keeper.... I... don't know how you got here, but you know a ...

"Aerik doesn't exist," Jayk said firmly, giving him a pointed look. "You understand? You haven't heard that name. At all."