By the Evening Stars… If Einen had been here, he would... he would’ve simply said: ‘All we have that can’t be taken away from us are our deeds, barbarian.’
And that was exactly what he had said, so long ago.
He’d said it in the Sea of Sand, as they’d watched the remains of the wizards’ Library burn in the sky.
“Very good, Last General,” the branches whispered. “That is the correct answer, and now, come with me.”
Chapter 1973
The first thing Hadjar smelled was the familiar scent of herbs and clay. And then he saw two silhouettes. One was a woman, bent over a wounded man lying on a bed. The man was unmistakably Hadjar himself.
“My parting advice to you, Prince Hadjar, is to not seek revenge. It will burn you from within. You will wander the earth empty, like a coal taken from the fire.
