”“They know about wardens, too.”“What? Who told them?” Yelena’s expression wasn’t a happy one.“They say they’ve had stories about wa...rdens for as long as they can remember—mostly children’s tales. And a warden named Leonis visited them a hundred years ago.”“Leonis ... Leonis ... it sounds made up, but masculine. A man?”Corec nodded.“It’s not a seaborn name, and I doubt the First has been doing any traveling. That’s got to be Four. I knew he was north of Larso at one point. It’s easy enough to. “How’s the ex-con?”It had taken Jake a year and a half to free Gil. He had been stymied until he learned that the governor has the power to pardon a convicted criminal.It had taken Jake three months to get close to the governor. The opportunity finally came when the governor had given a reelection speech at the senior citizen center. While the governor was glad-handing after the speech, Jake had eased close to him.Not having much time to study the governor’s mind, Jake had gone with a. You were ready to leave the hospital right as the week was ending, but then the doctors had said that there was the possibility that the parasite had laid eggs, and that you might need to go under surgery at any moment if they hatched, and so they had kept you in for a whole nother week while you stewed in that hospital room, bored out of your mind.See, there was thing going around college campuses this year, a challenge called the Freshman 15. Put simply, it was competition to see who could. "Payback's a bitch, ain't it?" The cops loaded Josh into their car a few minutes later and drove off.Dave came out and checked if everyone was okay after giving Alistair some ice for his nose. "Thanks man."Dave patted Alistair on his shoulder. "I should thank you. You didn't even hesitate to get in that asshole's face. It's a pity about your nose though."Alistair smiled. "Don't worry D. My nose has been broken a few times before tonight. It'll feel better in a few minutes. Now what do you say.