Paige left the last request unspoken, but held her breath, hoping the spirit might say something to give herself away.
“You dare to bargain with me?” The voice chuckled. “Very well. I am one of the many unborn spirits who did not choose to take physical form when the spirits of light and darkness first manifested on Ralvaniar. I am from a place beyond the void. My true name is a secret I already made the mistake of telling one of your wretched kind. I will not make that mistake again. As to why I am here, how is it you do not know?”
“You are trying to reach this plane of existence through Vesta’s worship,” Paige hazarded.
“That is part of the riddle, but not all. If you truly do not know, then I am not permitted to say.”
“I see,” Paige said with a frown, not feeling particularly enligh
