Siana shook her head, guilt flooding her. “He’s asleep. He wants me to rest for the day, but I can’t rest while that thing is so close to hurting everyone.”

“Leave him a note, tell him where you go so that he does not worry.” Pryderin gestured towards the cabin. “You will be gone from him until you are successful at taking the circles.”

Siana raced back towards the cabin, scrawling a note and an apology on a scrap of paper, and leaving it on the ...