blood before the
he trees whispered restlessly, their branches swaying in rhythm with something ancient and disturbed. Rhea Vos
watc
You listened to the wind, the birds, the way silence s
.. the woods w
ted, each older than her-and yet they waited for her signal. Because she was the one with the
t, somethi
. Stronger now. Not
methin
lv
d, a curse barely
thers reacted, her muscles moving like memory. She didn
h torn up in chaotic patterns-signs of a struggle, too recent for
bo
de. Thr
en
hind her, kneeling to ins
," Rhea murmured, voice f
s?" some
get this deep into Velmorra. Not wi
econd body-this one wasn't Ashen Fang. This o
eath c
n't a ra
was
-
ed about whether to take them home or burn them. Rhea
f here? Why was his blood m
, why had they k
ess
e else had or
aw te
ded to h
needed
-
stone spine-blackened timber walls, iron gates, and the scent of smoke ever ling
nst the damp stone. She ignored the curious stares, the murmurs. Let t
Kael in th
ed chair carved from dark oak, shadows hugging his form like armor. H
k," h
died Silver Hollow t
t his a
s gaze never leaving
lley. Two dead. One of
?" he asked. "Or
ting each other. S
htened. "Yo
ast. Silver Hollow doesn't wa
ed. "Then they're
ants us to th
ying her, as if weighing her wo
w lifted.
er Ho
ed. "You want
close. Find out w
aid n
r, his voice soft but cold as w
answer. Not
y: "Al
ce. "Then do
-
ft tha
dbyes. That wasn't
rough the forests where shadows whispered
Silver
eart of enem
man she did n
e the path of her life-and the