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DIVING IN DEEP WATERS
In the end, the four of them sat in the grove of trees until dawn began pushing in on them, trying to explain the ramifications of what had happened. As a Wise One, Tanzaa obviously could not go back to the palace where the sorcerers and demons would immediately recognize that she had changed. They would attack her, try to usurp her gift, or at least entrap her. They would covet her newly acquired magic. Demons had always sought some way to tap into the deep-rooted and limitless magic of the Wise Ones. No, Tanzaa would only be safe in the Land from now on.
But what would the Demion court think if Tanzaa simply disappeared and left for the border? Demion as a country was always on less than friendly terms with the Land. The Wall had been built over a hundred years
