It had been almost a month since I had left Lexia and Zavira alone in the woods. I had been back a few times to make sure that they were still okay, and that they had not been found. Every time, I was finding it harder and harder to leave them behind. I did not know what was happening to me. Something inside me was unravelling and I did not know how to make it stop.
I had met with the council members and leaders a few times, trying to convince them that we should take the fight to Asloxorth instead of waiting for him to start to attack the institute again. He had not sent any of his people to attack in such a wave since I had shown them the true might of my new found power, instead only sending small scouts that we made sure never made their way back to their master.
But each time I ma
