The sand wiped across his face as he stared into the distance.
"We were not able to find his location, but we have a lead on the hidden prisons of the western capital," Mina said. She was among the spies that had been sent out yet again to look for Koru.
Sagiri had expected these words, and he was not fazed.
"Without the Shadow, the Crown will fall into madness. With the Shadow, the Crown may fall in love and perish. To save the world, one must die."
The words myama had said had been weighing on him of late. Well, they had been weighing on him since he saw her tattoo.
It had been a year since Sagiri had left the north. He was now at the edge of the south. Thousands of vaara from the Tagayia border, but still thousands from the heart of the south. Sagiri needed to have contact with Koru as soon as possible. That was not the only reason Sagiri had decided not to go further into the south.
