“Power is sentient—it can make decisions for itself.” Des and I knew that better than most. It was what kept us apart for seven years. “The shadows are part of that sentience,” Des continues, “and they’re what Euribios derives his power from—as do I. “And that was the Thief’s fatal mistake. The god forgot our power comes from the same source, a source with its own free will. So the shadows and I—we tricked him.”
