1256 Spoils of War (Part 2)

The squad leader fueled the Council amulet with mana and several Warp Steps lighted the darkness.

'Where's Solus?' Tista and Phloria asked in unison with a mind link.

'Home.' Lith projected into their minds what he supposed had happened. Solus's tower warping to the geyser outside Reghia and then reaching the city from there. 'Do you want to go back to Zhen and tell Khalia's parents what happened to her?'

The girls broke the mind link to not draw attention and simply shook their heads. Tista already felt the burden of the life she had taken; she didn't have the strength to tell the merfolk that Khalia had died twice.

Once at the hands of the Kolgan and the second at her own.

Lith felt the life force that empowered his body slipping away again, making him worry that as long as he had cracks, not even Forbidden Magic could cure his condition.