“If the darkness takes him,” said Tieren under his breath, “you must end his life.” He looked at her. Through her. “Do you think you can?” Lila didn’t know whether he wanted to know if she had the strength, or the will. “If he dies,” she said, “so will Rhy.” Tieren sighed. “Then the world will be as it should,” he said, sadly. “Instead of as it is.”
