It did not take long before we got to Vod. The land was desolate, destroyed, broken. I wondered how people still lived in these places. It was already dark and so, we did not take the forests. The atmosphere was ominous. As we rode slowly, I noticed the Queen's hand shaking. She tried to conceal it but she could not keep it from me.
"What's wrong?" I asked her
"Dark magic always comes with a price. This is mine.", She slowly replied.
"What did you do with soldiers earlier? That was amazing."
"I drew their life force to perform that spell. Whenever you use magic at all, you draw your life force. The wizards of Rhizem have a way of bypassing this. They use their rings but they can not partake in dark magic while using it."
"Do they practice safer magic?"
"No magic is safe Rosemary. Wha
