Eva: The Vortex
All things considered, I was a bit more suspicious than poor Ori had been when Gio showed up.
He came striding towards us over the bare earth of Orlind, all grim and purposeful and with his red coat billowing in the wind. He looked like a vision out of some hero tale. ‘Where is Ori?’ he said, the moment he was within earshot.
I waved an arm towards the Library I thought was Sulayn Phay. ‘Somewhere in there.’ It disturbed me that I could not answer the question more accurately. When was the last time I saw Ori?
‘He is not. I have searched everywhere.’ He stopped in front of us and stood there like a wall of rock, absolutely not moving until we answered his question to his satisfaction. He had a tight-lipped intensity about his chiselled face that revealed a degree of ten
