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A Change of Plans
For two weeks, Jin lurked outside City Divpaxis, sleeping in his shelter during the day, watching and listening at night. The ancient forest surrounding the city boasted giant trees, large enough to provide a view even over the high city walls. From their towering branches, he watched one night as a flare of blue flame exploded from a long staff held by one of the green-clad soldiers loyal to the man he’d learned was Denthold. Another flare followed, then another. Their brilliance stabbed his Nightdweller eyes like daggers.
He knew at once what it meant. At least some of the soldiers within the city were armed with firelances, the Blue Fire weapons thought to belong only to Priests.
From his treetop vantage point, Jin also kept an eye on the strange vehicle in the
