r it had vanished. The disappearance of the creature did not stop Sylara's heart from

r hands while painfumemo,riesrsustained intoto her consciousness. It

keeping a steady her with hisyes. He wasn'

said." He maintained his compo

im while concealing her emotional

fore responding with hostil

tted the creature. The dirt was untouched. No, blood. No ash. No remnant

the disapp

r crawled do

ath and started to ask Syla

disclose that the matt

have. An aspect of him actively fought against

cted an unknown scent tow

s snapped to

tly toward thcent

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Eye Pack's

t while dodging fallen branches anmanoeuvringng between huge trees. As they moved towar

hey sa

re

ted the night sky. The wolves howled through the dark sky while their pac

to stand upright before she raced toward the nearest burning buildings.

rriors shouted o,ut "Randolph!" No torches,

nched. Not norm

h a rapid backward motion. He cast a quick look o

his next words b

cture's collapse. Her heart jumped into her throat when she spotted a young girl who appea

uld think, sh

ed again. "Sy

gnore

while intense burns to her lungs made breathing difficult. Blinding

distant corner where violent coughing fi

ped her arms around the child while

responded, her b

ted the child to her back be

, she se

moved in

ust beyond

chi

urled aroun

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e body but she forced

ra

e collapsing doorway before tumbling into the dirt

asped her to he

lri

en eyes scrutinized her face before they moved

oked Sylara as she gasp

nd reached out to pick up the chil

pward to observe the bur

lowed hard.

toward Sylara before asking

esita

the answe

his hair and exhaled before start

g scream cut t

tely focused on th

in painful convulsions. The warrior's mouth opened wide as if he

stomach

ed beside her. "

und before she could take action h

ence fell ove

e whisper c

ot be here, M

red. The night

finally u

't just a

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