Free The Warrior Elf by Mackenzie Morgan Page B

point. So what are we going to do with her?”
    Rigel shrugged. “She’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’ll have something figured out soon.”
    “I hope so,” Kevin said. “Thanks for taking care of her this evening, Rigel.”
    Rigel grinned. “It was my pleasure. Turned out to be quite entertaining.”

 
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
    Chris Gets Involved
     
    When Chris dropped by the office on his way to breakfast Wednesday morning there was a letter on his desk.
     
    Chris,
    I need to talk to you as soon as possible.
    Rhianna
     
    Chris fingered the note for a moment before opening his desk drawer and sliding it under the other correspondence he stored in there. Half an hour later, Chris had a full stomach and Kevin’s key. After telling Ariel he would be out of the office for a while, he went into Kevin’s office, turned the key, and left for Willow Canyon.
    Before Chris could pick up a mallet and hit the gong to let Glendymere know someone was there, he heard Glendymere say, “Good morning. You want to see Rhianna?”
    “If you don’t mind.”
    “She’ll be out in a minute.”
    A few minutes later, Rhianna walked out of the cave. “Thanks for coming. Can we go someplace private to talk?”
    Chris raised his eyebrows. “How private? Rainbow Valley? Or the island?”
    “The island might be better.”
    Chris nodded and held out his arm. “It’ll be night there.”
    As soon as Chris and Rhianna got to the cave, Chris took down one of the glowstone torches and led the way to the room they’d set up as a sitting room. After he uncovered the glowstones in the lamps, he motioned Rhianna to a chair and sat down opposite her. “So? What’s up?”
    “I don’t know where to start,” Rhianna said.
    “Why not start at the beginning? That’s usually a good place.”
    Rhianna laughed and relaxed. “You remember last fall when we were in Milhaven? The day Saryn shot Marcus?”
    “Hard to forget.”
    Rhianna nodded. “That’s where it all began.” She told Chris about the humans tromping around North Amden searching for a red-headed woman and the stories being told in the process. “So, the Council of Elders is holding me responsible for the whole thing, and rightly so. It was my fault we were there in the first place. I asked Myron to set it up for Landis to follow a sorcerer around for a day to see what human magic could do. If I hadn’t, none of this would have happened.”
    Chris shook his head. “No one could have foreseen what happened.”
    Rhianna shrugged. “Maybe fault’s the wrong word, but it was my doing, so it’s my responsibility to fix it. In the letter Uncle Weldon sent my father he said Caelan will have to bring this up at the federation meeting in case things escalate. Weldon thinks it’ll go better for everyone if there’s a plan in place to deal with it before then.”
    “The meeting’s in three weeks, Rhianna.”
    “I know. That’s why I sent you that letter.” Rhianna took a deep breath. “There may be a way to convince Rolan there’s no reason to think Landis is in North Amden, but I’m going to need Myron’s help to do it.”
    “He’s the one who’ll have to answer for the humans in North Amden. I know he’d like to be able to say it’s being taken care of, so he’ll do whatever he can to help.”
    “I’m not so sure,” Rhianna said slowly, “and if the two of you can come up with another plan, I’m all for it, but this is the only thing we could think of.”
    “We?”
    “Xantha came up with the idea and my father thought it was the perfect solution. He’s all for it.”
    “You don’t sound like you’re all for it though,” Chris said slowly.
    Rhianna sighed. “Rolan sent men to North Amden because he thinks Landis is with me. The only time I was in Milhaven I arrived with Landis, stayed with her while she was there, fought the man who tried to kill her, and left with her. Anyone who saw us, and plenty of people did, would have assumed the two of