Kratos leapt to his feet, throwing his axe up quickly enough to drive the blade into the troll’s shoulder.
An agonized wail shattered the forest stillness as the troll shifted his hand over the spurting wound.
Those two young ones had just been catapulted across the Multiverse. They’d have no idea what had happened or where they were or what it all meant.
“I’m free of the curse,” he said, figuring the loremage would believe he referred to Oko’s spell. She didn’t know about the Chain Veil or Innistrad or the Multiverse, and she never would. “I’m free to go where I wish. So I make a pledge to you, Algenus Kenrith and Linden Kenrith. I’ll track them, make sure they’re safe.”