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I wasn’t certain what I was supposed to do. The duke had to know. Yet… Was this why he’d brought me here as a knight? To keep watch over his daughter? To protect her from it? By the Architect, there was so much magic.

“They call, Aidric,” she whispered. “Every night, their song grows louder. I…” “You’re a mage,” I said. She lowered her head. “I am sorry.” “Me, too.”

She turned to me, and her magic nearly knocked me off my feet. Her magic. I was trained to fight such magic. But I couldn’t fight her.