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She had to endure. To stay alert. That way she would be ready. She had to stay ready. She would not let herself fade away.
vivimancer. Necromancy’s inverse twin, wielded on the living rather than the dead.
Usually, resonance was channelled into the alchemy of metals and inorganic compounds, allowing for transmutation or alchemisation. However, in a defective soul which rebelled against Sol’s natural laws, the resonance could be corrupted, enabling vivimancy—like what the woman had used on Helena—and the necromancy used to create necrothralls.
When did she become a member of the Order of the Eternal Flame?
“If I’d known what pain you’d cause me, I never would have taken you.”
“But at this point I suppose I deserve to burn. I wonder if you’ll burn, too.”
“I swear it, on the spirits of the five gods and my own soul, Kaine Ferron, I’m yours as long as I live.”
“That’d be true if I actually was a medic.”
“Don’t die, Marino. I might miss you.”
“It’s something only animancers are capable of.”
A human eye encased in glass stared down at her.
That was how Kaine always knew when she was there.
“Use the ring, call me, if you ever need anything.”
“I should have known—the moment I looked into your eyes, I should have known I would never win against you.”
“You’re mine. You swore yourself to me. Now and after the war. I’m going to take care of you. I’m not going to let anyone hurt you. You don’t have to be lonely. Because you’re mine.”
“We had a good run, but we were never going to last.”
“But you won’t save Kaine by finding him. The killer you’re searching for is your son.”
She was a non-active member of the Order of the Eternal Flame and did not fight.
