Kamira might have kept up appearances, but with each passing day she felt the burden of taking on too much. When the high mages were in power, the Towers had nine archmages to divide duties among themselves, and the first archmage led and made decisions, not personally supervised almost every single task and solve every problem. Not to mention—the thought crooked her lip in a bitter smile—that the high mages didn’t have to deal with a demon invasion.
Yet she hardly had anyone to share those burdens with. Archmages Irtan and Varessa took some duties upon themselves, but Kamira still couldn’t bring herself to trust the old fox. Defending the city might be in Irtan’s best interest, but that aside, he was not an ally, and if she allowed him closer, he’d be keener on learning her secrets than
