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As Myrkan took flight, he couldn’t help smiling. Mayetti might have thought herself cunning, but she was a fool on two accounts. The first one was running from Myrkan. The second one was not tossing the few trinkets imbued with yalari energy. She must have thought he hadn’t searched her belongings earlier out of confidence, but he let her keep her belongings because they ensured he could find her easily. Their travel through the forest was enough for Myrkan to learn the flow of the energies surrounding her, and now only distance could prevent him from finding his mark. Distance a human on her weak legs couldn’t cover. Mayetti would pay for her foolishness, serving as an example: no one defied Myrkan.
As wind blew from the south, carrying other energies, Myrkan flew closer to the groun
