“It’s about Gayl,” Lark started, and my jaw ticked involuntarily. “We’ve had definitive proof for some time now that his spell created the Somnivae curse all those years ago, as you know.” I nodded. For a while, the entire empire was convinced Branock Aris had cast the curse—some still were. But when he died fifteen years ago, questions arose. We had tracked down a healer who had been there the night the curse began and got her firsthand account of what happened. How Gayl had saved Evadine Aris’ life with what the healer believed was dark magic. That’s what finally solidified our theories that
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