SEVENTEEN
The Streets
SUMMER 963 MC
Albreda made her way through the Palace, her footsteps echoing on the stone floor. She paused before the queen's office, the two guards nodding their heads in recognition.
Her knock was answered by a single word. "Enter."
The door opened to reveal the queen, sitting behind a desk. Tempus, on the floor in front of her, raised his head, then lowered it again upon seeing the druid.
"Your Majesty," Albreda started, "I have returned from Weldwyn with news."
"You discovered how to create the circles?" Anna said.
"I have, though I'm afraid it's not all good news."
"Oh? You must tell me more."
"There are two elements to these circles," Albreda continued, "the first is the physical construction. Which is, perhaps, the more difficult of the two."
"And t
