Parting Ways

"It's the perfect place to hide the void bag," Arran said, a grin on his face. "Even if the Elder can go inside, there's no way he'll ever be able to find it."

He still carried the void bag with the remains of the novices and was eager to get rid of it. However, although he'd been tempted to bury it somewhere deep in the woods, he had decided against doing so.

While mages couldn't Sense the contents of void bags, the bags themselves were magical treasures as well, and Arran worried that mages as powerful as Elders would be able to Sense void bags if they came near them.

Snowcloud had been doubtful about the possibility, but she wasn't certain that it was impossible, so Arran had decided not to take the risk. He wanted to hide the void bag in a place where it would be all but impossible to find, and now, it seemed he had found such a spot.