80 - Different Things At Play

“Another presence besides the one she already has?” Alaris asked.

“What?” The Priest asked as if that was an important detail he had somehow forgotten.

The days he had spent healing his hand and drowning in his madness of a lingering hole for the return of the Heir had affected his memory somehow.

But now he was getting better, the presence of the Heir was all he needed to be himself again.

This war shall be won by them.

IT WAS WRITTEN!

“The Bearer of the Life Gem is connected to her. That is the connection she shares with the gem.”

“Of course, that. Well, it could be the Bearer, then. But the connection is certainly stronger than it was before.”

“Maybe because she now has the Life Gem in her possession.”

“Indeed.”

Maybe they had nothing to worry about after all, but that left one thing and they were both thinking about it.