FATASS FATED VENGEANCE
"She didn't try to take my mind, Isolde. She told me how to ground it. She told me to use Kian."
Isolde let out a dry, rattling breath, her clear blue eyes flickering with a complex, unreadable emotion. "The core is learning. But the wall is broken now, Ivy. You opened the door to the fourth turn, and you won't be able to shut it again."
Before I could answer, the heavy outer doors of the lower cavern creaked open.
A Thorneheart scout stumbled into the room, his leather armor torn, his breath coming in white, frantic plumes in the damp air. He held a bloody iron helm in his left hand, his face pale as fresh snow.