Chapter 77 Was It All A Lie?
- Almost two days after much torment and searching, one of the guards finds a ruby pendant on a dark path that leads to the village and immediately informs Egil. The man's heart stops when the guard places the pendant in his hand. It is the same one he had given her.
- "What else did you find?" Egil asks with a lump in his throat, fearing the worst.
- "There was nothing else, sir."