Chapter Thirty-Six
Containment
Whatever Barlo said to Lodariel seemed to work. Although Iarion caught her giving him speculative looks, she never once asked him about his secret. Iarion was relieved, but he wondered how long it would last. Only one day had passed since their meeting with the Rune Reader.
Iarion and his companions sat on their bedrolls in a rough circle. An abandoned hut near the edge of the city had been loaned for their use for as long as they decided to stay. Iarion was anxious to continue their journey, but the Rune Reader’s words of a containment device for the Khashada couldn’t be ignored. They had all agreed they needed to solve this riddle before moving forward. According to the Rune Reader, the lands beyond the river that lay to the west were rife with drakhalu
