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I don’t get it. I thought she was after a bond with me.
She still is. But right now, she wants to see what we’re made of. My prescience is lit up like I’m reading her every intention. Right now, she’s searching for me. We’re in trouble again. She’s locked onto me.
Not both of us?
No. This is about me tonight and I want to try something, what I’d mentioned earlier.
What do you have in mind?
To see if she’s tracking me or Aralynn or both. You okay with this?
Go for it.
Rosamunde left Stone, teleporting to the top of the house but letting him know her destination so he could watch her as well as Margetta.
She could see Margetta pivot precisely in her direction and as soon as she did, Rosamunde teleported again to the tops of the trees to the east of the lake. Margetta appeared to move as Rosamunde moved. She felt the charge of her aunt’s battle power rev up yet again.
Rosamunde needed to understand everything and transformed into Aralynn then created her violet wind and protective shield.
As swiftly, Margetta’s energy diminished so that she didn’t fire off a strike.
So, here was something she could work with. She pathed to Stone. Margetta can track me easily as Rosamunde, but not as Aralynn. I’m the latter right now. I’m going to harass Margetta if I can.
Stay with it.
For additional protection, Rosamunde wrapped herself up in the same violet shield she’d created in the cave. She rose high into the air. At the very least, she could get a different view of Margetta’s troops.
When she was two hundred feet above the Ancient Fae, she saw the thick golden veil of mist that surrounded the entire outer perimeter of the forest. Margetta had locked down the battlefield.
She relayed the information to Stone. I’m well above Margetta. She’s centered herself over the lake, but she’s also set a veil of her gold mist all around the forested hills, probably for the purpose of keeping your Vampire Guard out. But we already have our troops in position, so they’re not affected. But Stone, I think Margetta has added a new layer to her power. I just don’t know what it is or what it can do.
Okay. Got it. Now, tell me what you’re seeing. Give me the lay-out and the number of the wraith-pairs she’s brought in.
She did a quick estimate. I see at least a hundred pairs and they appear to be in equal distances spread out around her.
That’s what I’m able to see as well. I’ll let the ruling mastyrs know.
While he pathed with the mastyrs, she moved closer to Margetta. An unusual vibration was flowing directly above her aunt, something that felt laden with power, as though designed for a very specific purpose. In fact, it felt like a weapon.
Stone! She shouted telepathically.
Give, was his succinct response.
Rosamunde could now see that the strange power, with both gold and black smoke, had begun to boil in the air. She’s got something new in her arsenal, a weapon of some kind. Tell your troops to be careful.
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For about two seconds, Stone marveled at how much he trusted Rosamunde, the woman he’d once despised. Another second and he was back to the coming battle.
He pathed to the mastyrs, letting them know what Rosamunde had seen. Through carefully rehearsed lines of telepathy, he could feel the information being dispersed from mastyr to warrior, all around the lake. He realized how much the elf-lord power was enhancing his abilities that he could actually sense the communication of all the Guardsmen.
As Rosamunde had predicted, Margetta’s golden glow began to darken and change shape. Dark smoke had started streaming up and out and forming a new kind of mist. When it began to swirl and move, he alerted the ruling mastyrs, pathing with them all at once. Margetta’s got some new trick to show us tonight, a mist or a shield of some kind. Be ready. Rosamunde, are you there?
I’m here.
Tell us what you see. I’ve got the mastyrs with me.
Rosamunde’s voice broke in. I’m still above Margetta. Her army is getting ready, fanning out and moving into position all at the perimeter of the lake. It’s clear she knows she’s in for a fight. It appears to me that her army is moving with the dark mist toward the edges of the forest.
