He'll learn the spell

"If that spell can bring her back to me, i'll learn it. How do i do it?"

Sophie's eyes teared up. "Sagus...she must mean a lot to you for you to say that." Both were silent. "Marianne's book that she carried in her satchel has the spell in it. Read it, learn it and then for the love of the gods, cast it!"

He nodded and rushed back to camp to find the satchel. He found it in his tent, and realized he'd been carrying it since they buried her...

THEY BURIED HER!!! Sagus ran out of his tent and rushed to the gravesite. The journey went on until well into morning, not that he noticed. He arrived at the memorial and looked up at the face of stone he and Sophie and crafted with magic and alchemy. His eyes softened and he reached up to touch it. For a moment, he thought he heard her voice. But he shook that from his mind and began muttering a spell silently.

".........FAULT!!!" The earth that covered Marianne's body split, forming a ditch to the bottom of her grave.

But the grave was empty.

Sagus searched frantically for her body, thinking, praying he had only been off by a foot or so. His search ended as a malevolent cackle filled his ears. A cackle he would never forget.