Eloraine and her siblings arrived in the tower in the city. As they entered the room at the top of the structure the chief magician turned to them.
"Did you give him the gem so we can follow his progress?"
"Yes. It"s in the dagger I gave him. I had it sent down to the blacksmith in the village near here. He"s mounted it in the hilt. Looks quite pretty, actually."
The magician then turned to the others in the tower with him.
"Right, let"s get the resonance going so we can track what he"s doing."
The other three magicians began to chant, and gradually a dot appeared on a map of the land below.
The chief magician picked up four telescopes. He handed one to each of the Royal children and kept one for himself. All four put them to their eyes and looked at Pettic.
Suddenly there was movem
