I just want to do a check at the gates and make sure there aren’t any coming over land.”Without waiting for his response, I jogged up the slight i...cline and climbed a ladder leading up to the ramparts above the courtyard. I made my way to the section closest to the gates, closing my eyes and trying to listen to my internal taint sensation. I could feel vague tingling, though I couldn’t be sure whether it was wardens or darkspawn, but coming from below – nothing from outside the gates.I made my. He had never seen that uniform before. Warning bells sounded behind his eyes and telling the senior sentry at the post to follow him, he pushed through the lines at Gate 5 and 6 and, with apologies to the loose throng moving to Gate 7, through them, to intercept the trespasser.Halting at the tail end of Gate 7 line, he watched the young man approach.What he saw did not impress him. The tunic coat was collared of all things with the top button undone, there were expansable buttoned chest pockets. – We are driving through the country with nothing but lush green rolling hills and large trees as far as we both can see. I turn the car down a deserted dirt road and drive until we are as far from anyone as we could possibly be from anyone and anything, we pull over to the side of the road and walk out into a field. In the field there is nothing but bright green grass and one large old tree standing in the middle we walk to it and I sit under the tree. You stand in front of me and do a strip. I know!" The tall blonde stood up from the table and began pacing in front of the fireplace, her hands actively accenting her words. "But you heard the boy, Elizabeth. The place was bombed. It was falling down around their ears. Whit gave him his ring and then pushed them through before it all ... before he..." The words caught in her throat, as repressed emotions threatened to overwhelm her."Tasha, listen to me, just because the portal isn't answering doesn't mean Whit's dead. He could be...".