“Welcome to my sanctum,” Evrin said. “Everything here is now yours. I have a few instructions. Drink the wine; don’t keep it until it goes bad. Use my recipes, but only when you’re in good company. And be careful whom you share the lore with, but”—he smiled—“I know you will be. My home is now yours, my dear. As you know by now, there are no schools of lore. All power comes from the one source, and that source is inside you, inside your brother, your people, and inside every living thing. Perhaps you will learn things the Evermen at the height of their power only dreamt of. Perhaps you will
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