CHAPTER FOURTEEN
“All five, murdered?” asked Imen, his face quickly losing its color. He shook his head. “Surely you jest, Lord Arum.”
“As well as I might wish that I could, you of all people would know me better than to make light of such heavy matters, Lord Imen,” said Arum. “Erasan and I arrived on the centermost Island at roughly the same time. We found the other three messengers waiting for us. It is they who have given us this tragic news.”
“The other three messengers were sent back to summon those who are to succeed the deceased High Priests and Priestesses,” Erasan added, “while we traveled here before them. The Ceremony of Ordination will take place the dawn following their arrival.”
Imen sat back down on the stone, feeling the burden he was to bear settling upon his shoulders
