Rage exploded inside me, over my dead body!
A movement flashed from the corner of my vision; because I was distracted, I caught the move late; a hidden assassin emerged from the shadows. The blade in his hand glowed silver to stab me. I twisted around, but I was not fast enough.
Pain exploded through my side. The silver blade plunged beneath my ribs, my roar shook the valley, and the assassin smiled. He didn't look like a part of the Forgotten.
Big mistake for him, as I grabbed his throat instantly and crushed it. His body collapsed, dead, but blood poured down my side.
Keith appeared immediately. "Caleb!"
"I'm fine."
The silver poisoning had already begun, slowing my healing, and my vision blurred briefly.
The mountain shook again, and the gate widened further, and from beyond the
