“And if Ravenna, High Magux of Scrollhaven, insist that the young woman, Aridisia Myric, could not have stolen Canodex, then I will have to place my faith in her belief.” “So you want me to go with Columba to help him find Myric and Gneiss,” Minette said. Gabbro Scoria Hornsfels nodded. “Why?” she asked. “It"s more than that, isn"t it? More than the theft of the three talismans within an hour of each other, more than the chaos biting at the edges of our domains, more than the hortatory bombast of that evil witch to the northwest of us, more than the panic and impending doom that"s besieged every one of us to the very core of our beings, isn"t it?” “Yes, dear daughter, it"s more than all of these put together. As my heir and she who faces the most to lose if Luxullian remain unrecovered

