She altered the enchantment, and when the Wards went up, the gateway was sealed. I could not leave. The spirit animals could not leave. I could no longer spare this world, and more than that, we did not know how to take down the Wards. They were only meant to be up for a year, two at most, while we prepared. The Avonleyans became separated from the Fae, weakened to a point of sure surrender. The Fae that were here Faded early, part of the enchantment that Gehenna had altered. The spirit animals could move among the Wards because of what they are, but even their power is a fraction of what it
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