Five years have passed since Emeth Light Spinner cast the Spell of Obtainment and was presumed dead. But little does the world know that she survived, and lives on as the dark sorceress Shadow Weaver. As the second-in-command of the Horde, she has b...
In retrospect, the foolish woman's story is most strange, as it mirrors this scenario surprisingly well. Though she didn't start the current conflict, she did worsen it exponentially – by joining the Horde for her selfish pursuit of power.
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Hordak gazed at the felinetta.
Force Captain Carmen lay on a gurney, her naked body covered by a sheet. Hordak had personally gone to the morgue as soon as he'd heard about her death. He needed to see the damage himself.
The felinetta was only twenty-seven when she'd died – she was two years Hordak's senior, per the Etherian calendar. But she looked to be in her eighties. Her skin was crumpled and tainted with a sickly gray hue. There were no witnesses as to what happened, but Hordak was able to deduce the truth with an autopsy.
All the magic that resided in every Etherian creature...was gone. Sucked out, dulling the very color of the felinetta's tawny skin. And Hordak had a suspicion Shadow Weaver was responsible.
At first, he wanted to kill her, but now he realized her strength. They failed to secure the runestone from the Snows, but they still held Dellanova – a launching point of attack on the other kingdoms. And King Micah, Shadow Weaver's greatest weakness, was dead.
To kill his second-in-command now was not prudent. But as he gazed at the felinetta's limp, cold body, Hordak uncovered another reason. Shadow Weaver's treachery...confused him. Why would she betray him – and by extension, Horde Prime – for an enemy? Could it be like that flicker he sometimes felt, that moment between scholars?
Perhaps. But in Shadow Weaver's case, it was no tiny spark. Instead, it was a raging fire, pouring out through her and urging her to do things Hordak would have once thought impossible.
She loves him. Hordak didn't understand that term, love. What he'd never admitted to his second was that he'd investigated the meaning of this word himself. At first, he thought it similar to his admiration for Horde Prime, but now he saw it was less...divine.
It didn't matter. Not really. Shadow Weaver was still valuable to him; thus, she would be spared. For as treacherous as she was, Hordak still had no viable replacement.
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