story, but he had left out some of his conclusions. He felt no guilt where the paladins were concerned, but
Vereesa's dedication to their journey and his safety stirred some feelings of remorse.
Rhonin did not know who had set the charge. Goblins likely. He really did not care. What did concern
him was what he had quickly passed over, even misdirected. When he had talked of being seized from
the crumbling tower, he had not told them about having felt as if a giant hand had done so. They probably
would not have believed him or, in the case of Senturus, pointed at it as proof of his communing with
demons.
A giant handhadsaved Rhonin, but no human one. Even his brief moment of consciousness had been
enough to recognize the scaly skin, the wicked, curved talons greater in length than his entire body.
Adragonhad rescued the wizard from certain death . . . and Rhonin had no idea why.
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