Dragoncrest Cliffs I can see where we all soon will be

The stone was nestled in a rabbit's pelt, assorted with herbs for healings and clearing the air that wrapped around the quartz pebble.

That's all it was.

A pebble.

A very powerful one, but it was just a stone! Another fucking mistake of his.

He really couldn't help but screw over his family, could he?

Stealing it had been bad enough. That Melonii wraith and her shadow had dogged him for days until he finally up and left Teekon. He had hoped that would be the end of it, but the Patriarch had all but fainted when he first saw him with it. A litany of lectures and purification rituals wasn't how he wanted to spend his first winter with the Circle.

He could feel the moment that he entered Teekon once more. He swallowed. He didn't want to be back here. But if it meant ensuring that for the rest of his life he would be unbothered by wraiths and nightmares and guilt...