I died—but I was brought back to life. Because I became the key to the primordial darkness toward Ornor. Cursed ash! I remembered the bargain and everything that happened afterward. The battle with the Defeated and his army. I paid a terrible price to save Alice—and I lost. She is again under the power of the returning god. But I will save her! Her, and the inquisitor’s daughter—and then I’ll find a way to return my soul!
Thomas Weldon is with me. Inside him is the soul of a dead sorcerer, and black magic is revealed to the inquisitor. There are no words to describe the depth of our fall, but we accept the help of our new allies. Their souls are cursed—and ours are cursed as well.