Chapter 17: A New Dawn, A New Pack

The return from the Cradle of Decay was not a march of weary soldiers, but a procession of pilgrims walking through a land reborn. The Blight was gone. Where there had been grey desolation, the first green shoots of life were already pushing through the soil. The air was clean, carrying the scent of damp earth and promise. We walked slowly, our people intermingled—Sunflare and Shadowmoon side by side, carrying their wounded together, their differences washed away in the shared crucible of survival. News...