When we left them, Eretria and Lyria-of-the-mysterious-past had been captured by Rovers.
He knocks out Eretria and agrees not to kill her if Lyria comes without a fight.
Unfortunately, Gen. Riga has spies in the castle and learns of their destination.
Credit: Spike
Well, that’s one way to start negotiating an alliance, I guess.
Jax declines the offer of a permanent position and takes his reward to the royal bordello.
I’ve…got some questions.
In this bordello, are the royals the customers or the courtesans?
Does the crown take all the profits?
What other royally sanctioned vice shops are there in Leah: a royal mead store?
A royal vape shop?
Ander doesn’t look pleased, and the fraught glances he’s been exchanging with Catania might explain why.
It’s Eretria, of course, and she and Jax grapple.
When Eretria finds Lyria in her finery, she angrily asks if anything about their relationship was real.
Lyria says she was finally, fully herself when she was with Eretria.
Before she can elaborate, the castle guards show up.
As they drag Eretria away, she begs Lyria to tell King Ander where she is.
This tidbit hits Eretria right in the gut.
Those looks didn’t lie, friends; Ander and Catania have struck up a relationship.
Then Lyria bursts in on them kissing to alert him to Eretria’s presence.
and should be unhanded.
Eretria says she has a message from Amberle, and Ander breathes, “You don’t know.”
And what she needs is to tell Allanon about Tree-berle’s warning that Wil’s in danger.
Eretria demands that she prove it by leaving with them.
Lyria says the queen would just kill everyone if she did, so Eretria leaves the castle, crushed.
Allanon’s quickly overpowered, cuffed with a magic-blocking collar, and loaded onto a Crimson horse.
NOT COOL, YOU FILTHY TRAITOR.
Wil points out that her imperious manner confirms the DNA she shares with Allanon.
Mareth explains that she was born with innate magic, unlike Allanon, whose magic was acquired.
As they set out on their journey again, Wil argues that magic is overrated.
Druid’s daughter: 1, Short Tips: 0.
When they arrive at Shady Vale, they find an injured Uncle Flick inside his ravaged home.
Then he tells Wil some facts he didn’t know about his family history.
Flick traveled with Shea when Allanon called him to face the Warlock Lord.
(Only in the Four Lands can a person reasonably be described as running hither and yon.)
So where does that leave us?
