Shadow Slave - Volume 11: The Song of Ariadne

That is what Lord Asterion wants, too.” Her embrace was gentle, but firm. Her mother looked up, her smile widening. “Lord Asterion? At the same time, Changing Star and the Lord of Shadows hesitated to draw Asterion into an open battle because he was using all the people in Bastion as a shield. Finally escaping the Estuary Lake entirely, the titanic ship remained still for a few long seconds, rising into the sky like the trunk of a gargantuan tree.