“You rat,” I snarled in Vard’s face. “You’re nothing. You don’t hold a speck of the power in your veins that my son possesses. His mother is the greatest Seer who ever lived, and he will match her in every way.” “He will surpass me,” she said powerfully. “I saw it in life, and I see it now. His gifts can transcend all that has ever been known in this world.”