AS THEY LEFT THE TEMPLE, Akshara stormed ahead of Erevia. But the sorceress quickly caught up to her.
“Calm down.”
“I will not do any such thing,” Akshara replied. “You are both keeping some secret from me and I need to know now.”
“We should not have even told you as much as we have.”
“So, I’m special somehow? Meant to be with Fari?”
Erevia nodded. “That’s as much as you can ever know.”
Akshara sighed. “You’re not going to tell me ever, are you?”
“No,” said Erevia.
“Then what I already know will have to do. Take me back to Aransia now. I’ve changed my mind about the bridge. I don’t need to meet Tars’keli. My goddess is in Aransia.”
“The head priestess and I disagree on where you should go next. I just don’t think Tars’keli would have sent you out like this if she didn’t have some
