Grandar did not know how to answer her, so he turned his gaze towards the large blue crystal ring, suspended vertically above an alabaster base.
“I have always thought that this strange ring — where the portal opened, bringing us here — played some kind of role in all of this, but Akarion has never wanted to hear me. He only thinks about the Celestial Throne and how to sit on it.”
Artemisia slowly moved beside him, following his gaze.
“I also think this ring is more than meets the eye. One of the five energy waves, that cursed our companions, started from here, not from the Celestial Throne Akarion yearns for. Each of the five gardens that surround the city participated in the realization of the curse, but this is where we came from — here! It can’t be a simple coincidence!”
“Some time
