chapter 4, part 1

[*This is a work-in-progress and does not fully reflect the final draft*]

Hero and I had to wait almost until nightfall before we felt safe enough to open the book I'd taken from the mage's tower. I'd carried it against my belly, as we'd returned to the lecture halls where Golpin Anamis had given us the particularly cruel parting gift of another exam, threatening to remember those who failed it by name when he came into real power. We were terrified enough of him as it was without having to...