Vernisa couldn't find Keirn. He had gone to the clinic to get her another pregnancy test, but never returned. Someone told her that he had been seen in the local tavern drinking the strong liquid. She headed toward the tavern to see if he was still there.
Halfway to the tavern, one of the guards stopped her. "I have been looking for you. There are two groups in the dorms that we need assistance dealing with. There are many human females, and their leader won't let males near them. Council Leader Vorik wished us to find you to help them get settled."
"And the second group?" Vernisa asked. "You said there were two groups; what about the other group?"
"Their leader is in the clinic. It is a small female who put her life in danger to block the bullets of the militia's people so that no one else would get hit by the bullets," the guard explained. "The female was hit twice trying to protect her people. She is being treated for her injuries."
