“The king and his men waited for two hours for the Faeling to return,” Ren said. “And when he didn’t come back, the king feigned the loss of his stepson, the only remaining link to his precious Edina. He’d already bequeathed Cahlish along with the title that accompanied the land to his seneschal when the pool erupted and spat the Faeling out. His eyes were rimmed silver like the stars.” “I didn’t know myself,” Fisher whispered. “It took me a long time to come back… mentally. Belikon was disappointed. He’d thought it a good way to dispose of me. One of the Orrithian Knights returned my relic to
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