"What about the wolf?" he said.
"I can't take a wolf into the Keep. What would people say?"
"I thought nothing could stop you."
"Good point. I suppose we'll have to take him. What do you think of that, Snarl?"
The wolf growled in answer.
"Now, before we head to Bodden, there is something else we must do."
"What?" he asked. "Surely time is of the essence."
"Don't be in such a hurry," she replied. "We have to enchant that weapon of yours."
"Enchant it?"
"Of course, it's of exceptional quality, Aldwin. Fitz even called it a weapon of the ages. Surely such a weapon deserves to be enhanced by the power of magic."
"You can do that?"
"Not here, I can't," she said, "but not too far from here is a stone circle. There, I can call forth the power of the earth to live inside the hammer. Com
