Chapter 64 NOT PART OF THE RITUAL

— Kaden — “Are you okay,” I asked Elaeya. She had been awfully quiet since we reached the site. Araeya had my people prepare seven large bonfires, three of which would be behind us as we faced the pack. It gave an eerie arcane air to the place, the shadows dancing on the stones erected before us. Generally, something like this would occur closer to the packhouse, which had bothered my mother given that there had been a few autumn showers this week and the lawn would easily be damaged,...