QUOTE : Am I the author of every evil that ever befell you, Mael? What must I do to be absolved so there might be silence? It was you, Mael, you,” I whispered, “who took me from my mortal life by force and brought me, shackled and helpless, into your accursed Druid grove!”<br /><br />The anger spilled from me as I struggled to keep my voice down. <br /><br />He seemed quite amazed by it. <br /><br />“And so you do despise me, Marius,” he said, smiling. “I had thought you far too clever for such a simple thing. Yes, I took you prisoner, and you took the secrets, and I’ve been cursed one way or the other, ever since.