Chapter 63: A New Day Dawns

"Kalann?"

Kalann muttered something incoherent and turned over. *Just let me sleep.*

"Kalann, wake up!"

*Shut up,* he told the voice. He just wanted to rest. After his fight with Xaran, he was so exhausted that- wait a second. If the battle was over, then where was he?

Groaning, he forced his eyes open. Trees came into focus above his head. Pine trees. Scratchy needles beneath him. He was in the stretch of pine forest on the shore of the Great Sea, just beyond the Mountains of Trazmor.

Laura was kneeling over him, her face lined with worry. "You're awake," she whispered. "Thank the spirits."

Kalann blinked. His head was still swimming. Memories came crawling back in: the fight, the power surge, the explosion, flying. "How long... was I out?" he asked throatily.