shouts of men dying and steel against steel were at our backs, and I knew we couldn't look back n

d snaked out and wrapped around my ankle. I looked down to the bloodied

she turned up from the soaked ground to look at me. Her eyes were empty, and I didn't think sh

hen the light in her eyes flickered out be

wondered if this was the first time for her as well. Xiomara's last words clung to me like a

to run,

hed the trampled grass leading into the cover of the surrounding woods. I could hear the hand

woods we had run before the sound stopped completely. By then my legs were

h away from the fighting that it was safe to do so. Nadene hunch

ugh the foliage. We did not know how far we were from Ayden's fortress or any village a

My eyes whipped over to Nadene and I couldn't stop the strangled scream that ripped through me

wing down my cheeks. She was heavy in my arms and I nearly fell to the ground clutching her in my arms

her on the soft g

. I knew now that the gods were not with me at

that whoever shot the arrow into Nadene wasn't too far away to sho

and sprinted over the forest underbrush. The thin layer of my dre

my head. I didn't know how far away these bandits were or how good they were with those arrows, but my

make a habit of running around in the darkness. This wasn't my

in from the impact and my wrists ached at the force from attempting to catch myself. An unbidden groan

sound of my thundering heart almost overtook the sound of someone stomping clo

hadow amon

reaching out in his direction, as though they yearned to be a

beam of light from those stars above. My blood was pumping f

ikes curled up from his shoulders and there was a dark crown that looked like tall spears welded int

that shook me to my core with fear. The black armor told me o

who I had the unfortunate pleasure of being in the presence of. There wer

Thanatens, Caliban Mor'gen was hovering ove

orn enemy is g