Chapter 16: The Future We Choose

Peace, we were learning, was not the absence of conflict, but the strength to face it together. The sorcerers' final assault had been crushed, but their master, the enigmatic Arch-Sorcerer who held a personal, centuries-old grudge against both our species, remained at large. He was the shadow behind every attack, the source of the hatred that had fueled the war. The intelligence we gathered was grim. He was amassing his forces for one final, cataclysmic spell, one that would not just destroy...