A March into Darkness
Volume II of The Destinies of Blood and Stone
CHAPTER I
Should the Jin’Sai somehow prevail against the Enseterat, even then his trials will have only begun. For a Vagaries servant shall come to taunt him, and he will seduce the Jin’Sai into following him on a march into darkness.
—Page 242, Chapter VI of the Vigors
Gaius was unusually fair for a minion warrior. he was clean-shaven, with light brown hair and green eyes. Recently promoted to the rank of captain, he commanded the eleven warriors stationed near the magnificent azure pass that had been carved into the rugged Tolenka Mountains. Eager to impress his superiors, he took his first command seriously.
Seated by the campfire with five fellow warriors, he looked up at the mountainside. He could easily see the pass shimmering in the night. Six more warriors were camped up there, watching it. Even from its great distance up the mountainside, the pass’s magnificent rays flooded the plains below.
Gaius and his troops had been stationed here for nearly two months, but the pass had yet to relinquish any secrets. As he looked back ...
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