Kael looked at the tablet again. The words were shifting now, rearranging themselves.
It left out Mega on purpose.
“What happens if someone says them in the wrong order?” swr nyk wran rb mjana Mega
She explained: long ago, the five sorcerer-kings of the lost continent split the world’s last true spell into six pieces. Five were words of unmaking — swr (to sever), nyk (to blind), wran (to scatter), rb (to rot), mjana (to forget). Each was a catastrophe waiting to be spoken. Kael looked at the tablet again
Swr. Nyk. Wran. Rb. Mjana.