Chapter 18: Sword Path Divine Light

Duke Jaynes's thoughts sank into his memories, staring into the world where the Gentle Woman stood. His pulse kicked. *Is that… Mother?* He drifted, dazed. The fierce emotions from childhood were gone, the ones that had made him sob and scream in dreams where he saw his parents. Yet his chest still rose and fell hard as he strained to remember, desperate to see more clearly. The surroundings felt familiar. It had to be Black Turtle Village. But the sky overturned everything he thought he knew....