Death of a Young Mage (Preview) Zavin never expected his clan to be targeted by humans. He wasn’t old enough to wrap his head around the idea that the tall horsemen who terrorized other elves near the cities could reach his desert oasis. They were shadows, like stories of ghouls on the other side of sand dunes. Zavin was getting too old to believe in monsters. He and his friends laughed when the younger elves shivered in fear at the mention of humans. That was until he heard thunder rolling on the sand. Zavin looked up from the knife he was sharpening, his small hands gripping it tightly as he watched his father’s face go from focused to concerned. “Bada?” he asked, his dark eyebrows knitting together as the thunder grew louder. “Do you hear that?” His father narrowed eyes as bright as Zavin’s, the sun making them look almost silver when the light hit them.