Chapter 24 Shadows In The Mist

• The forest was still thick with the scent of blood, but the battle was over. Darian was gone. Celeste’s chest rose and fell with heavy breaths, frustration burning through her veins. She could have finished him. He should have never been allowed to escape.
• She clenched her fists, jaw tightening. “We had him,” she seethed, her voice low but filled with fury. “I could have ended this.”
• Rowan wiped the back of his hand across his face, watching her carefully. “And then what?” he asked. “You’d be standing over his body, but the threat wouldn’t be gone.”