CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The combined forces of Keswick and Talvaard pushed Mordum’s forces into the city. With the gods Zevea and Tael leading the charge, the priests of Mordum fell to blade and magic alike. The army pushed its way into the main courtyard of the castle. Standing there, alone, was a man.
Zevea and Tael closed in, approaching cautiously. Though it was Aramis’s body, they knew who really stood before them.
“So, we finally meet in the flesh,” Zevea said.
“Why have you come here?” Mordum asked.
“You know why,” Tael answered. “What you are doing is forbidden.”
“Yet here you both are, in mortal bodies as I am.”
“This is different,” Zevea said. “We have left our celestial home to stop you.”
“My power is greater than yours, and grows by the minute,” Mordum laughed. “Kill my servan
