irae'
aled through my bones, rendering every movement a struggle against unseen restraint
vi
he golden-eyed king. His voice, a
re th
snappe
weak body lurch. My hands were still bound, though no longer in iron. The chains had been rep
ead, my sense
above obscuring the moonlight. The air was saturated wi
res
ut these wood
re aw
e sent a chil
lth
catching the dim light like a predator's. He rode with effortless gra
in my throat and asked,
ood," came t
ingering tales of this place-stories of a cursed forest where indivi
fened.
ely. His gaze flicked toward me,
the ground, slaughtered everyone I have ever known, an
n remained difficult to interpret. "
hissed.
warriors, their dark armor blending into the night. And just behind them, Orzian rode
joyed
against my temples. I didn't trust
r
thorn
s figh
, the fire in her gaze despite the exhaust
t
sigil chamber. She felt different now. The scent of old blood and m
as ch
dn't even
s not a place for mortals, nor for creatures like us. But if an
of the Wr
ugh the night. "You sur
him. "Do you ha
ace beside mine. "Plenty. But none
chuckled. "Relax," he murmure
ifting to the thickening f
ere
was already
irae'
into the deeper part o
. Watching
ere nearly indistinguishable. The trees emitted groans as if inhal
felt as a ripple through the air. The wraith paus
ing wa
heir hooves stamping agains
cre
ot animal. S
ons as shadows flickered through the trees.
saw
yes like dying embers, bodies shifting
raith
cursed to linger between life and death. But stories
twisting unnaturally, and for the fi
elthorn
he wraith before it could reach me. The creature
is silver eyes bla
ocess his words before
thborn a
. The mist turned red with the s
. I had no weapon, no way to fight. But somet
tin
s another wrait
ing inside
h
bow
field. The other Wraithborn hesitated, t
ng fo
ked onto mine, something unreadabl
you do?" h
no a
e since the massacre, I r
st Kaelthor
omethin
se creatures wer