Page 144 of Forsaken Secrets

They'd said things went dark, and I could still see everything around us.

Liam lay slumped in a pile next to Kaiya and looked like death warmed over. Saints, I needed to get to him. Hopefully, he still had that healing relic …

The sound of stones rumbling made me pause. I looked around, but no one else seemed concerned. Could they not hear it?

The sound grew louder, and I looked at Lynk. He was focused wholly on the front of the room and what the man was saying.

As we approached, a tall man with grey hair and a top hat stumbled forward out of the shadows, eyes wide and bright. He gestured to everyone. "I have returned and brought with me the key to unlocking HIM, Lord Salainen … the Druid. Through him, we will all be saved."

Cheers broke out around me, and I stared, jaw agape. What was happening?

He motioned towards that large dragon statue — Saints, that thing was gruesome! Could no one have thought to at least put its innards in before carving it?

As I watched, though, a gods damned wing twitched.

No. This wasn't possible! Liam had said that they were all —

Then chaos broke loose.

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