Chapter 45 The March To The Eye

• They rode beneath skies that wept ash.
• The flames of Flamewatch burned low, as if mourning the march of their queen. Elara led the charge down the obsidian road, a force of Flameborn, humans, and even defected Ashborn marching behind her in uneasy alliance.
• Beside her rode Kael, his expression unreadable. And behind them, Ashara rode with her hands wrapped in flame-dampening bandages—binding the volatile energy within her.