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Even though he knew instinctively that he was still asleep, Torben felt alert and wide awake. In his dreamlike state, he opened his eyes and saw nothing but blackness all around, but even though he couldn’t see anything, he could hear a single whispered word drifting towards him across the ethereal space of unconsciousness.
‘Ashak.’
He sat up and looked about, trying to pierce the suffocating darkness with his gaze, trying to locate where Hrex’s voice was coming from, but he could see nothing.
‘Ashak’
Her voice sounded as if it was coming from behind him, and he got warily to his feet, his head flicking back and forth, trying to spot the Lupine sorceress. His heart beat faster and faster as the nervous energy started to get the better of him, concerned as he was that Hrex was about
