through the mist and fixing on Kael with unsettling intelligence. Fear tightened his chest, but instinct saved him. He rolled sideways just as the creature lung

ground. Kael crouched and studied them. The markings pulsed with a pale light, warm beneath his fingertips. Magic..

ly of smoke and rain. The voices spoke his name in tones both gentle and sorr

less now-the paths twisted and moved like living things. Loneliness pressed into his

ent now. Fear warred with curiosity inside him. In the end, the pull was stronger. Kael stepped