EPILOG
In the forest, dark ruled. No one but the magician could see in the starless night, but the others would all approve if they knew. However, Owailion didn't want anyone to know. He crept to the monoliths as stealthily as he could manage and when they rose out of the dark before him, he stopped and carefully placed his hand on the glossy stone.
Why had these stones returned?
Owailion carefully began to magically scoop away the earth that held the stone in place, moving a great mind-full at a time, dropping the soil miles away. He let nothing be heard of the tremendous excavation. One stone came free from its roots in the earth and then he moved to the next stone that stood a few yards farther into the trees. At the center, not even the moon could see this movement. All eight stones
