Chapter 34
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I flew high above the mountain compound. From above it was hidden in crevasses and cliffs — but I could feel it.
Something in the dark was rumbling.
I watched the dragon star flare against the darkness.
The star of my ancestors. The great beasts of the night.
I was the youngest of my kind. But our knowledge was scattered—buried in places no one should go.
I felt a pull. A tug on my soul.
It was time.
I could hear it in the winds as they called.
The game had begun. The board was being set.
And I feared my little one was to become just another pawn.
Watching her throw herself between the weapon and the lightning wielder had been terrifying.
I had moved as fast as I could, but the winds forced me back.
See, they whispered.
Watch the pieces.
Seph. Kieran. Dev. Ash. Jess.
Elliot.
Sable.
The path is laid out.
The winds rarely spoke to me the way they did the air mage.
But they knew enough to warn me.
I needed more information.
I could see only what my experience had taught me to see.
I could not see the future.
But the past — that I could use.
And it meant a decision had to be made.
One my Seph would never understand.