Something reached toward him and surrounded him, a force that threatened to smother him. With a chill locking around his heart, he understood the supreme priest was somehow probing his mind. Dayraven was naked and transparent. He sees through me. Useless to lie to such a man. I can feel it — he senses everything. Fearing he was capable of prying even into his unconscious thoughts, he dreaded what Bledla would say next. The supreme priest opened his mouth, but before a word came out, someone else spoke first and broke the spell.

