Cassie was dazed by the chaotic current of memories she was absorbing. In one memory, Rain was preparing to embark on a journey to Ascension — in the next, she was trying to escape the Ivory Island as it was being besieged by the thralls of the Hunger Domain.
Sunny and Nephis were absent, gone to fight some unknown battle. The Fire Keepers — those most loyal to Changing Star among all of mankind — had fallen to the plague of Asterion, proving that the Longing Domain was all but extinguished.
It did not make any sense. Why had they allowed things to become so dire? Even if the Dreamspawn held humanity hostage, there should have been a point where the price of inaction had grown heavier than the cost of engaging him in a direct battle. And yet, he had been allowed to continue spreading his appalling influence until even the Tower of Longing was lost.
