“Powerful. And what good is power if you don’t use it?” His bushy white brows pulled low over his eyes. “This isn’t what we discussed. What we planned. We need her blood, yes, but not for this. She’s to be at your side if and when Nor Doru invades the South. And she and Varick will produce a—” “That won’t be necessary if I can restore the Deepnight.” I nodded toward the altar. “And I mean to try. Tonight.” His voice took on the tone he used when he was warming up for a lecture. “You reach too high, boy, toying with power you don’t understand.”
