Game of Alpha; Battle for Vengeance
“Listen to me, boy. You won’t bring justice by charging into the lion’s den bare-chested. If you go now, you’ll be another corpse they forget.”
James glared at him. “Then what? What do I do, wait until they wipe out what’s left of my people?”
“No,” the wizard said. “You become the weapon they never see coming.”
He turned and motioned for James to follow.
Inside the wizard’s cottage, the air thickened with the scent of old parchment, bitter herbs, and something faintly metallic. The wizard walked to a large stone basin and began chanting in an ancient tongue. He tossed in dried herbs, crushed bone powder, and a vial of dark liquid that sizzled as it hit the hot water.
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