Chapter Seventeen'It was not your fault,' Chumani said. 'You are not to blame for the actions of others. These Norse warriors have joined Wamblee. Well, they are men, not gods and add only a small number to his forces.'
'We can't forget the prophecy,' Chaytan said. 'The prophecy says that you will return with a band of brave warriors and deliver us from a great evil.'
Melcorka looked around. They were in a small, thatched lodge, with a fire smoking in the centre and the people, men and women, grouped all around. 'That prophecy may well be proved correct,' she said. 'I have returned as Eyota, and I will have a band of brave warriors around me.'
'Where will these warriors come from?' Chaytan asked. 'Will you dream them out of the air? Form them from the ground? Make them from grass, perha
