Location:Zhū'kethara, Demon Realm
Date/Time:Late Emberwane, 9939 AZI
Realm:Demon Realm
The bell rang once.
It was not a loud bell. It was a small brass thing that Vaelith kept on the low table between them, etched with a Shan'keth spiral along its lip, and it rang with the kind of sound that didn't travel — a sound that went inward rather than outward, the way a question went inward when you were the only one who could answer it. One clear note. Then stillness.
"When you're ready," Vaelith said.
