TWENTY
Nemesis
It was the first time he had held Aleska’s shape for so long. Without a sufficient flesh sacrifice to shore up his new form, maintaining the pretence of the venerable scrier for such length required a tremendous amount of effort on his part. To compound the issue, his symbiotic dark companion was restless again. Despite the promise of Mirielle’s emotional torture, the parasite continued to demand more from him. His dark companion rattled against the cage that he had hastily constructed so many passes ago, when first the soulmancer had invaded his body. In hindsight, it had been a mistake imprisoning the Narlakin, which had previously trapped the miserable soulmancer within itself. Had he known of the cruel joke fate had in store for him, he would have rejected The Teacher’
