Delver Magic I: Sanctum's Breach, Jeff Inlo [buy e reader .txt] 📗

different reasons. Back then, they were moving apart, I think now we’re moving together. I’d like to be a part of that.”

“You have earned that right, as have all that are here now,” Matthew remarked respectfully, “but what of after Sanctum is sealed? What then?”

Ryson scanned the landscape from high atop Sanctum. He could see for leagues. The land was open to him, inviting. “I guess I’ll start by taking the algors back home. I want them all to make it back safely. We’ve had enough death. After that, I have to keep a promise and return to Burbon. I have to tell someone about what happened here, about everything. After that, I don’t know. It’s like Lief said, the land is changing. I’m going to have to help explain things. People may not believe what I have to say, but they won’t be able to dismiss what they’ve already seen.” He stopped to consider his own proposals, stopped to contemplate just how many options were open to him. For the first time in what felt like a lifetime, he let a smile cross his lips. “You know, I’m not happy with how things ended here. We’re going to bury people I’ve come to know and respect, but Lief may be right about something else. It may just be a wonderful time to be a delver.”