Location:Zhū'kethara — Kael'thoren Fortress
Date/Time:2 Frostforge, 9941 AZI
Realm:The Demon Realm, Doha
The page had a particular weight, even folded small, even after all the times he had taken it out and put it back.
Ren felt it now without reaching for it — a habit his fingers had built without consulting him, drifting to the place inside his coat where it lay against his chest beside the jade pendant. Two things over his heart. The pendant was warm — had been warm for a year now, since the day the thread had flared and given him back a name. The page was warm for a different reason: he had been holding it an hour ago, and the warmth of a thing recently held was a foolishness he allowed himself only behind a shut door.
