A Chill

The priestess decided to wait to see if Afena's words were true to send her letter to Treni. Indeed, two nights after Krenen had his hand cut, and after drinking a potion Afena gave him, the man had recovered his hand.

It was then, at night, that she ran all the way from Afena's settlement to the nearest town where she knew there would be a place for her to leave the letter with a runner that would take it to Crown. Being blessed, the priestess could run quite fast, and she made it back to the settlement before the following morning, which would help her avert any suspicions her absence might have caused.

It was only a couple of days later that Treni received the letter, which read:

To her magnificence, all-powerful Treni,