Chapter 15
A Plague of ShadowsWhen a wraith attacks, it does so quickly, quietly and with devastating efficiency. When the flock of wraiths, unleashed by the Emperor, Djinn Tsai, reached Dhurban, they swept through the unprepared city decimating its citizens who were simply unable to fight an invisible enemy.
A little girl, of about ten summers witnessed the first attack. It happened just after she entered her grandfather's shop and handed him his morning brew, he had smiled his thanks and then the world as she knew it turned upside down.
Moments later, she ran out into the main street shrieking. Blood covered her loose gown and tears were flowing down her cheeks. As the air in her lungs gave out, the shriek trailed off, and she was left gasping for air and trembling, the first symptom
