I joined my friends and we hastily put some distance between us and the stronghold. We soon found Light, looking out for us impatiently from between the huge rocks.
"I was about to rush in there..." he said instead of a greeting. "What went wrong?"
"More or less everything..." Yasenka shifted closer, squeezing his hand reassuringly. "But this isn't a good moment for reports, Sharish might send ansirths after us. Let's get out of here."
As soon as the young mage evaporated, we shot up into the sky again and started heading for the Apries Lake. Every now and then we looked behind, but there was no flash of copper announcing a pursuit. After the third glance over my shoulder, I slowed down a little and eventually came to a standstill in midair, facing the west again.
"What's wrong?" Siaril stopped as well.
I didn't answer straight away. "Sharish said... that he will soon raze Shinestone to the ground..."
