"Yes," Elyndor replied calmly. "With the power of the Heart of the Apex, you can return to the world that has left you behind, but not as an ordinary man. You will come back stronger, fiercer, but there is a price to pay. This power does not come without sacrifice."
Ethan was silent, his mind spinning back to all the betrayals and defeats he had endured. All the unfinished goals, the unavenged wrongs.
He remembered how the Devourer within him the wild, ferocious power coursing through his veins had saved and destroyed him in equal measure. Yet even though death had touched him, his spirit to fight still burned bright.
"What is the price I must pay?" he asked, trying to sound strong even though the darkness pressed heavily on his heart.
