The sound of hurried footsteps approaching broke through her whirling thoughts.
She looked up to see Marcus, her most trusted assistant, rushing towards her with naked concern etched across his features.
"My lady!" He skidded to a halt before her. "I felt an immense surge of mystical energy emanating from this chamber. Are you unharmed?"
She waved off his worries. "I am unhurt, but we have a potential crisis on our hands."
She beckoned Marcus closer with an impatient gesture, then began relaying in clipped tones everything she had witnessed regarding Knox's unexpected abilities and the implications they carried.
Marcus's eyes widened incrementally until they were as large as saucers. "You cannot possibly be suggesting..." He trailed off, visibly shaken. "That he is one of the Ancient
