“Sometimes we think the past will never catch up with us. Fool. That is what I am. To think that my past would never catch up with me because it happened thousands of years ago. If you think wisdom comes with age, get ready for disappointment. Sometimes we get dumber the older we get.” ~Peri
“You’re a fool.” Peri whipped around, her long, black robes flowing with her movements as she walked back and forth in front of the veil to the djinn realm. “How could you think that visiting one so old, theKnowing One, on your own, would be wise?”
“I never claimed to be wise,” Nissa responded coolly. “I simply want the truth.”
The truth.Bile rose in Peri’s throat. She wanted the truth, as well, but at what cost? What would it get them? Would it explain any more than they already knew about the cold
