Chapter 16: The Visitor In The Night

The days played by torturously into a week. Sethlzaar found himself wondering if he would survive the test.

Maybe I'm not cut out for this life, he thought as he picked up the last of his traps and found a single rat. How the rat had gotten to the trap in the midst of all the snow was a question he did not have the brain power to ponder.

Another week went by in such a manner.

Each day he found an insignificant catch and had himself eating meat of measly quantity. It ranged from rats to lizards and other small creatures.

Sethlzaar made his way back to his shelter, discreetly surveying his surroundings with each step. It was a habit trained he was yet to lose. It was in his second day of the test that he had first felt he was being watched.

At first his mind had gone to Cenam, but such a feat in such an environment was something he couldn't imagine his brother capable of,