Chapter 34

Low feeble sounds blasted with the wind. The temperature had increased from chilly to frosty. Crystals of snow were falling from the sky, slowly blanketing the yellow of the sand to white. As if gazing directly at them, the moon shifted from the clouds to point a spotlight on Brielle. Hands on her throat, eyes smudged with drying tears, her lips formed the words that everyone, even the rocks seemed to whisper. "You helped me."

Talin's temple throbbed, its pulsation matching her...