Xhanes still couldn’t find the reason why he had turned his horse north, away from the Elowen stone. The reason he had done everything he was doing yet he still couldn’t struggle against his urge to Phaeryl.
"That's the wrong direction." The familiar voice that had always kept him company in Keld said in his head. He could feel his wolf, Torvin’s doubt cast over him.
"I know which direction it is."
"The stone?"
"I need to get back to Lanster. Phaeryl is more important" His horse’s pace increased signalling he wasn’t planning on going back.
Torvin fell in beside him, quiet for exactly four strides before he tried again. "Charis will use the alignment whether or not you're standing in front of her."
"She'll use it faster if I'm not."
That shut him up. Finally, Xhanes had spent the ri
