Chapter 30

Artemis, aware that she is running on borrowed time, makes her way toward the southern edge of the Green Forest, where Bukit Sihir lies. The forest, dense and alive with ancient magic, seems to pulse with a rhythm that matches the urgency in her heart. Each step she takes is driven by a fierce resolve to reclaim what was once hers, to reunite with the malevolent creatures that were torn from her side.

During the cataclysmic end of the First Age War, she came to a bitter understanding of her former husband's strategy. In a final act of betrayal and cunning, he had sealed her malevolent creatures within the confines of Bukit Sihir. Meanwhile, he had her imprisoned deep inside the Aurora Peaks of Lhiran in the far North, a realm of cold and isolation.