Chapter 79

It was a long time before Adel permitted Netya to venture into the spirit world again, and when her training finally returned to the subject of spirits and visions she was glad to have her white wolf draped about her. She had met him only a few times in her dreams since.

The memories of his presence were vague and disconnected, but they had not been frightening. In the dream she remembered most clearly, she had been wearing his pelt at first, only to become one with it as time went on, staring out through his eyes as she walked on four legs and felt the wind rushing through her fur.

The monster had become her guardian, and she hoped he would be there to protect her when she finally took her waking mind into the spirit world once more.

She need not have worried. As Adel had explained, she had no intention of using the nightwood berries again until Netya was more prepared, and the visions she experienced without them were likely to be less vivid.

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