CHAPTER NINE
My mouth dropped open. “So you… her… it happened because she was trying to get you over here?”
He nodded. “The Land of Shadows was a new creation, and the boundaries weren’t completely set. Even in her infinite wisdom she couldn’t foresee that my living spirit would interfere with the powers of death she tried to imbue within me on my passage through the Veil. She granted me too much and some of the excess flowed through into my old lands.”
I winced. “So, where you came from?”
He nodded. “Yes. That land became a place of shadows for centuries, or so I heard from Mordra, and the darkness was only vanquished after a long struggle.”
I studied his regal features, and an idea struck me. “So, you… you’re from Eastern Europe, aren’t you?”
A small smile slipped onto his
