The communication stone materialized three days afterward. It arrived exactly how such magical objects always traveled. A teenage spellcaster from the silent order transported it on a swift mare, transferring the object through a relay network until it reached the promontory at noon. Aldric carried the artifact downstairs into the subterranean chamber, where Aria and Kael sat together near the hearth. Aria accepted the object. The rock retained warmth. Vael had imbued his magical signature within the item. Aria shut her eyelids, permitting the transmission to unravel precisely as Senna instructed her prior to her passing. It was the specific method a sorceress utilized to comprehend a stone, bypassing physical sight entirely to engage that internal awareness the southern covens labeled

