Reunion and Silence

Even though talking scraped her throat raw, Sloane still said, her voice no more than a trembling rasp, "I have always been grateful—to you, Uncle Harrison, and to the entire Lancaster family. Years ago, when you rescued my brother in Valeria, you gave him a second life. In the years since, you have sheltered him well. All this time, you have searched for my mother. If she were still alive, the mo