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Kamira hesitated before waking up the nightfly. After countless failed attempts to reach out to Veranesh, her fear painted a picture of another journey into the desert to talk to the demon again. He had to be alive, since her magic flowed as smoothly as always, but without his guidance and insights, carrying out the plan would be difficult. If nothing else, she needed to know what went wrong before she made an actual attempt at freeing him.
Obedient to her will, the crystal creature rose into the air, but she sensed no demon’s presence, and her vision blurred when she looked through the nightfly’s eyes.
“Still nothing?” Koshmarnyk asked.
He stood by the entrance to the cave, and she took a moment to admire his sun-haloed silhouette. Thoughts of what his hands and lips were capable o
