Chapter Six
“Dreams have long been used by the goddesses of the Archigos to communicate with their empresses. There have been some strange dreams indeed that have haunted our empresses of the past. In later generations, it seems dreams have been a way for our empresses (and in one case, the son of an empress) to find their mates. Most of these dreams have been accredited to Verna, though there have been dreams recorded which were reported to have been sent from other goddesses.”
—Gods and Goddesses of the Archigos; Ykellen Gunn
At dawn, Rhiannon woke with a jolt—the burning in her forearm traveled up to her shoulder and made her whole body throb in pain. She reached for her arm and realized that she held something in her hand. Through a haze of pain, she sat up and looked closely at the
