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Being an archmage meant Kamira couldn’t go back to living at the Jagged Swordsman. As little as she cared for meaningless traditions, she hadn’t objected when Irtan insisted she live in the Towers. In the inn, everything would remind her of the simpler life she had enjoyed—thus, also of Veelk. No matter how much she tried to chase the thoughts of her friend away, throwing herself into the whirlwind of countless problems to solve, the images of his smirks and grins plagued her nonetheless. Every now and then, she was ready to abandon Kaighal to its fate and set out on a weeks-long journey to find him, but duty demanded she stayed. It was her fault that the city was in disarray, and she couldn’t leave it at the mercy of its many enemies to satisfy her own selfish need for knowledge. Veelk
