“The Guardian had left his lair and was coming in her direction. Did Jerrod see through my disguise? She’d been switching back and forth between the forms of Hadawas and Berlen for weeks; ever since she’d given up hope of getting the Crown. Surrounded by the gullible Easterners, she’d become sloppy and careless. Instead of taxing her waning strength with a true spell of transformation, she’d started hiding her identity with a simple illusion—one the monk’s Sight had almost seen through when he s...he had first greeted him as Berlen. During the trek over the mountains she’d been more careful, but she knew Jerrod had sensed something unusual about Hadawas. He was suspicious of her, constantly on guard and watching for betrayal. That was one of the reasons she hadn’t tried to take the Ring by force though she’d sensed it dangling from the young wizard’s neck. The Guardian was the other reason. The Ring couldn’t help her defeat him; in his lair the power of the Sword would dull and mute the other Talisman, making it almost useless.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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