“Soon, I think. Sooner than many would expect, perhaps. They have decided that I am to be the next head of the Order of Earth in Bay"s Point. There are some who are happy about this, and others who are much less so.”
“That"s great!” Ju was obviously still caught up in her apparently good fortune.
“Not really,” Zya replied sourly, “I am not staying. The time has come for us to go elsewhere. There are few things keeping us here now, and there are bad omens. I saw O"Bellah this evening.”
“You what?” Ju exclaimed. “What do you mean you saw him?”
“He came to my guild and spoke to a couple of people. Who they were does not have much meaning for you, but what they said was dreadfully important.” Ju was all ears, not saying a thing, so she continued. “O"Bellah may be onto me, or not, but he is
