Later that evening, after the entire house was asleep, Devine woke in his loft. He sat up slowly, pulling a crystal in the shape of a winged horse from underneath his bed. He remembered when he had crossed the Sea, worn and exhausted from his mission, on the brink of giving up his duty. He had been ordered to seek out a Tider of the Afrd Mounts, and only a name was given. Now he lifted the Clyear of Revelation, closed his eyes, and breathed upon it. When he opened them he followed as his eyes were taken past the dark tower, before the face of the very one he deeply despised. “Report,” the deep voice intoned boredly.

            “The Five Warriors have come. Just like you said. And he is among them. They are coming to steal your power. They will take the...

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