Nightmares and Mistakes

As the group made it safely back to the Embassy, they were ushered into private rooms to recover. Lilliana and Kallaia stayed by Sagacious' side as they laid him in a simple bed and sat by him as she thrashed and moaned in his sleep, while Lilliana began to change his bandages. Kallaia watched his handsome face twist and contort with what she assumed were the memories of Zaurielle's demise. But she was wrong. He was dreaming of many years ago on the streets of New Vael, when he was at his worst place morally and ethically.

He was just learning to master the magics Zee was teaching him, but he hadn't made the connection to his own soul yet. He was little more than a hungring killer himself, not that different from Malachai. His memories floated back up to the surface, as if stirred by trauma…

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