“I think I’m going to need Verishi and her little dagger for this.” His other option was to call for Crysallis—if anyone could figure out where she had disappeared to. He hesitated at the thought. While the witch could simplify the process of creating the linked plates, the jeweled dagger offered him extra possibilities, as well as ways to trigger the plate’s powers. It also seemed fitting to use the Danarite’s magic against them. ~Home?~ the First asked. Kalen twitched at the creature’s unexpected question. The First had mostly left him alone since the snowstorm. The longing in its voice pained him. Unless something changed, it would be a long time before either one of them returned to the sun-scorched canyons that Kalen considered his home. “I’ll get her,” Breton said, ducking out of the tent. Lord Delrose leaned over Kalen’s shoulder.
