TWENTY TWO
Release
‘Why are you here – why now?’
She engaged her second sight, using her ability to scry their future, though only as clearly as her level of skill would permit. The ongoing tumult of war made it extremely difficult to predict their fate – the actions of every Freylarkin present had the potential to influence their destiny. She sifted through the tranche of possible futures lying in wait for them, finally settling on one which revealed itself to her clearer than any other. In her vision, a volley of arrows thumped into the wet ground surrounding them. Two of the projectiles hit Lileah; one pierced her right shoulder and the other struck the flesh-metal of her torso, splintering upon impact. The expression on the scornful telepath’s face in the wake of the attack painted
