I finished the sigil for agility and began the one for endurance.
Epi was busy drawing something of his own on the padded floor. “Your foe is going to be a demon,” he stated.
Chapter 30: DemonsConal and I gaped at Epi with remarkably similar expressions. Complete disbelief.
“What did you say?” Conal growled.
“A demon.” Epi looked up from what he was doing and pushed his glasses further up his bulbous nose. “Nothing too difficult to begin with. Perhaps a simple Valafar. Something that is difficult for you to kill, but easy for me to return to its Otherworld origins if it should get out of control.”
“Well, that's certainly comforting,” Conal groaned, gritting his teeth against the burn of the Hjördis on his skin. “Are you nearly finished, Charlotte?”
“Yes.” I drew the Hjördis away and
