The scrying window hovering over the heavy oak desk displayed a graveyard of broken wood and floating iron. Leo closed the projection and let the quiet solitude of his viewing room wash over him. The immediate threat to the southern coast was neutralized. The enemy flagship was resting in the dark abyss of the ocean.
He tapped the polished surface of his desk to initiate a secure communication channel. The magical link expanded into a segmented holographic screen that illuminated the dark marble walls of his City Heaven.
Four faces materialized in the glowing blue interface.
Jasmine stood on the sandy beach of Pearlstrand. The towering starlight archway burned brightly behind her and cast long shadows across the shoreline. Vance marched along a rocky mountain trail with his surviving sk
