Blood Shaper - Chapter 51Book 5:

... loaded to set sail. He was on top of the stairs leading down to the docks, waiting on Eleniah to finish saying goodbye to everyone she needed to.

“Sure you can’t stay longer?” Alahna asked.

“I wish we could, just to let Eleniah spend more time with you and the rest of her family, but the messages from home are worrying me and these were written months ago.” He held up the letters that had arrived a couple of days ago. “Who knows what’s going on now? I need to get home and help.” ...