Chapter 10
Lasra moaned and lifted his head, but his attention was on Mazom. “I have nothing left to release him. It will be a long time before I have regained enough magic to even attempt it, and the spell may be too powerful to break at all.”
Tears spilled down the Archmage’s face, eyes bleak. Oh, calamity if they were forced to abandon their task now! “There has to be a way to do it. A way to give you power,” Tae insisted. He wanted to comfort Lasra, but he didn’t want to make the situation worse either. “A way to pry him out, something. You are the Earthsinger, and an Archmage at that. Surely there is knowledge you have that can be of use now.”
“I need a ready source of power,” Lasra said. He wiped his face on his sleeve and sniffed. “Two, if it can be had.”
“What about a bonded pa
