After I healed Marcus, we searched the area for our son, but we couldn't find him or Malcolm — who Nightshade said was the one who was with our son. I was already in a state of panic because we just realized that we might never find our son as the three rogues that we just fought are all dead now. Or so I thought, because as we were about to throw Nightshade's body into the water, we saw that she was still breathing, albeit barely. Her whole body was drenched in her own blood.

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