"We spent the next few days in the real world hiding in an abandoned cottage, returning to Sarodor only when Esmin was well enough to travel. We began the hunt for shelter. "The search was made much easier with the help of the Shinkae. Bailin and Skayne were able to scout ahead to the horizon, and report back in moments with any sighting that looked promising. It was less than a day before we discovered this Shrine. That was over three hundred years ago, and we have lived here ever since. "News of us spread quickly among the Shinkae, and other girls come to stay with us from time to time. They feel safe here, and I take very good care of them. "After trans-existing in front of an army of orcs, news of us reached Mordimus as well. He knows Lucistra was banished from the Temple, and he suspects Sinistra will have hidden her somewhere that he can't reach: the real world. He sees me as his key to finding her. So now they hunt us. "Small groups of orcs roam the lands searching for us. They stumble upon us from time to time, but my girls have become skilled at leading them away and...dealing with them. Savuk's band was the first to make it inside. He was particularly savage that one, and his troops were unusually well trained. The Song Of The Shinkae had no effect on him. He just marched right through Gamsin and Palain, cutting them down with two mighty swings of his axe." "And he escaped," April gasps. "Won't he return to Mordimus and tell him where you are? Shouldn't we leave the Shrine?" Katerina clenches her hands and shakes her head. "We cannot leave. We were not the first to inhabit this place. "There is another who dwells here." Credits: Hair by Koz Sarodor model by me