Linked by Blood and Bone
In its heavy, mechanical fist, it clutched a glowing diagnostic crystal that was pulsing with a bright, erratic violet hue—and right beside it, tapping a heavy steel boot against the stone floor with an air of cold, methodical patience, stood Professor Malakor himself, his pristine silver-trimmed robes untouched by the filth of the lower city, his pale eyes fixed directly on the path leading from the market.
Malakor slowly turned his head toward the shadow of the piers, a thin, razor-sharp smile cutting across his pale lips as he raised his hand and gestured lazily toward the dark alcove where Thalen and Zeyric stood frozen.
"I wondered how long it would take you to crawl back up to my doors