Chapter 73

Brielle couldn't sleep. Underneath the blanket of leaves, she'd felt the temperature shift from the chilliness of the night to the frostiness of the morning. Ossi's snoring, Xander's occasional mumbling, and Mei's soft breathing have already penetrated her thoughts. The monsters had come and gone. Still she couldn't sleep. Underneath the blanket of leaves, she felt Talin.

The warrior's back was to her, as with all the other nights that passed. Brielle had absorbed every tremble,...