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Thejourneybackwasnoeasier.Thecurrentsstillthreatenedtocapsizetheship,andhismagicwasnearlydraineddry.Whenthehullfinallytouchedthesandoftheabandonedharbor,Kaiselsteppedontosolidground,hislegstremblingfromexhaustion.Thesaltwindsweptoverhisface,andheturnedhisgazetowardthewildernesswherethewarraged.
Hehadgivenupthejourneyacrossthedeadlystraitforthetimebeing.ThesecretinScarastillhauntedhim,andthedangerhadneverfaded.Buthemadehischoice.HewouldstandwithDylanandtherest,holdingthelineagainstthedarkhorde.
Theroadaheadwasstillfilledwithbloodanddanger.Butatthismoment,hewasnolongeralonefugitiverunningforadistantrescue.Hereturnedtohisoldbattlefield,readytofightalongsidethosewhosharedhisfate.