‘I think the gods have left this land, Agalie,’ she said. It was the first time she’d spoken it aloud, and it was like a stone laid on her heart. She looked over at her mentor, the woman who’d trained her in the ways of the druids. Tears came to her eyes, loosened by liquor. ‘I’m not sure they were ever here at all.’ ‘They are here,’ said Agalie, with that calm certainty Vika had always envied. ‘Do not despair. This is their land. In Ossia they first made themselves known, and from here they spread throughout the world. They are in the very earth beneath your feet and the air you breathe. If
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