To the North of Kumai lay nothing so far as she could see. There was no visible city or castle, but she knew that people lived there. They weren't her tribespeople. They were people so utterly different to the Ren that lived within Mah?. For one thing they lacked the magical abilities of the Mah?en Ren. It was believed that it was these magicless people that the prophesies spoke of.

Don't think about it, Saki, Armel sent the message through their bonded thoughts, reaching out with his ...