IV
Nemesis Sussurus
‘Nemesis Whispers’
Adara had not slept all of that night. Neither had the children, for it was the first time that they had not seen Lucius, heard him cry out in pain in the dark of the guest house in Ynis Wytrin. Their minds scanned the dark constantly, listening for the anguish that had become normal, but when it was not there, worry set in.
What if he doesn’t return? What if Caracalla’s men found him?
When morning arrived and Lucius’ bed remained empty, their worries intensified. They went out to ask the priests and priestesses if any of them had spotted Lucius and Dagon, or the horse and cart they had taken, but none had.
“They will return,” Etain said to Adara who had been sitting beside the Well of the Chalice splashing the cool water upon her face. The prie
