CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
As Casper flew away from Ithaca, he felt revived, but also felt different. It didn’t take him long to realise that his evil magical powers were gone. No matter what he tried to do, nothing worked.
Whatever Malcolm had done to bring him back to life had removed his magic as well. He felt defenceless, but strangely relieved. His whole temperament was back more to his normal one in the old world, cantankerous but not evil.
He reached the city of Azuro, where he had hoped to renew his fight with Stephanie, but instead he chose to hide and avoid an open confrontation. He saw Stephanie loading up ship after ship with Dark Elven troops.
He wondered at the discipline of the Dark Elven armies. Everyone knew that Dark Elves hated ship transport and water, and yet while i
