Materialized Mana

Rain paused as she heard the words. Kar had told her to hate the man who'd sent her here. If she hated Arthur, would she even be here now? She had known Arthur ever since they met on the smuggler's ship in Ilios. Did Kar even understand what Rain felt toward Arthur?

When she first met him, Rain had felt a fiery desire for him. He was the creator, a man so powerful that the seven families had a prophecy about him. She wanted to bear his child, to create the strongest human in existence.

As she remembered it now, it sounded so foolish. Rain had wanted power to break the chains that Osian had tightened around her neck. She hadn't thought about asking Arthur for help, but he had helped her anyway. He killed Osian, then promised to bridge the sea for her.