Merlin's Gate

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"You don't even know for sure if it was an Atharian," said Cabe glumly. They'd already had a couple of versions of this conversation.

"It was an Atharian. I heard him talking to the MPs. He gave them a fistful of chips to let him go. If he'd told them about the weapon they'd have taken that instead." Brax was patient with his friend. He knew Cabe's Holy Father would not help Cabe escape the pit. Cabe's father, filled with love for the Five Gods, would cast his own son down into darkn...