“Wyrd?” Mort laughed. “You’re pleading with the wrong force. If he controls the Wyrd, you’re going to have to find another means of saving yourself. And don’t you think it’s too much of a coincidence that magic stopped as soon as he began his conquest?” How magic stopped … “He used the Wyrdkeys to stifle magic. All magic,” she added, “but his own.” And by extension, Dorian’s. She swore, then asked, “So you think he might also have the second Wyrdkey?” “I don’t think a person could eliminate magic with only one—though I might be wrong. No one really knows what they’re capable of.”
