“And you do?” Ghile all but shouted.
When he saw the pained look on Riff's face, he immediately wished he could take it back. Instead, he just stared.
“Ghile, she is stonechosen,” Gaidel said again, as if everything that needed to be said was summed up in that one point.
Ghile knew both Riff and Gaidel were right. Akira was stonechosen. When they did finally meet, Ghile would feel the pull of her soulstone. Not the muted pull in the dreaming, but the same feeling he had when he first encountered Muk in the cave on the Horn.
How strong that desire had been. Ghile had never wanted anything more in his entire life. The thought had been all encompassing. Even though he knew the pain that would follow, had experienced it already, he knew he would feel the same when he found Akira.
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