Chapter 22
“The earth’s memory is long.” Lorelai’s voice drifted out over the barren land in front of them.
How could this happen?
Rissa placed her hands on the ground. “Nothing.” She lifted her face and tears fell from her lashes. “I feel nothing. No magic. No song. It’s as if the earth has abandoned this place.”
Lonara and Ramsey sat on either side of Rissa with matching agony on their faces.
Trystan paced back and forth before stopping in front of his grandfather. “You felt this.”
Three nights before, they’d been camped on the Aldorwood border, palace troops and Whitecap soldiers alike, when Ramsey woke writhing in pain. He didn’t need to answer because they all knew.
The Tri-Gard felt every drop of magic that was drained from the land stretching between them and Cullenspire.
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