SWDnovel Chapter 408: Impossible Dream (Part Two)
Chapter 408: Impossible Dream (Part Two)
Chapter 408: Impossible Dream (Part Two)"Because the Vale of Mists is still weaker than it needs to be," Ritchel said, placing a heavy hand on the younger man’s shoulder and giving him a firm squeeze. "Her Eternity is borrowing an army. She has taken the Mongrel Horde, the Black Wolf Brigade, the Sorcerers of Sundered Earth... None of these forces belong to her, but she must make use of them to defend the Vale of Mists against the humans."
"Say what you will about the Tuscans," Ritchel continued, his grip on his son’s shoulder growing tighter as he wrestled with his own conflicted feelings. "They are true giants who will accomplish almost as much by striking fear into the hearts of humans as they will by crushing them underfoot. That isn’t the kind of resource that Her Eternity can easily turn away. Lady Heila may not have had a choice in the matter," he added.
The diminutive maidservant had made very little impression on Ritchel during her first visit. She’d been intimidated by Torsten at the gates, retreating from her duties as Lady Ashlynn’s translator, and from Hauke’s account, she spent most of the time they were under assault by Tuscans cowering behind his barriers. To hear that she had become a witch and a champion of the arena... He couldn’t imagine what she must have been through in these few months to change so much.
"Shouldn’t you be focusing more on Lady Ashlynn?" Ritchel prompted his son. "You were able to teach her at least a little of our sorcery when she last visited. Now that she’s become the Mother of Trees, I’m certain she’s looking for talented people to join her coven. Do you intend to become one of them?"
"Is that even possible, Father?" Hauke said, blinking in surprise that his father had been the one to bring up the topic. "Has there ever been a Frost Walker witch?" As much as the young lord tried to keep his voice neutral, the faint glimmer that rippled through his horn betrayed just how interested he was in an answer to the question. He’d