“Saylah bound you to the Wards?” Scarlett said in horror. “Yes, but she had little choice. My actions had inadvertently opened a rift in the enchantments, allowing other beings to enter. It is how some of the Maraan Lords got here. The cost to close it was my ability to let people in all together. In order for me to still control the Wards, I had to be bound to them. If I leave, the Wards fall and take my life with them. It leaves my people vulnerable.
