"For two stone generations I have been guardian", he started. One of the three Hwalan Zhaita gasped aloud and another lost control of his lower jaw. "I was present when all my father's generation slept, merging and becoming one with the stone", He paused, meeting the eyes of each and every person in the room, lending weight and credence to his words.
One of the representatives of the Mara shook his head in denial. La-Ayla turned his eyes back upon the Lady, the Supreme Mother and continued.