I was in the shadow room again. It looked much the same as it had looked the last time I was here, only this time, I could feel Zaram's presence in the back of my mind. 

I looked around the room, searching for the woman who had brought me here. If "woman" was the right word to describe her with. Was she even human? 

"Yes," a voice suddenly hissed loudly, it was sharp and cold, and I flinched before I could stop myself. I recognized the eerie quality of Ravenna's voice, and like before, it made my skin crawl a little and my chest tightened. 

Startled, I looked around again,...