Chapter 136 Echoes In The Archive
- Morning arrived with a thin silver mist clinging to the valley.
- The river below the ridge flowed calmly now, its violent agitation from the previous day reduced to a steady and natural current. On both banks, Ember and Tidebound sentries remained in place—not with weapons drawn, but with cautious awareness.
- It was the closest their forces had stood without conflict in nearly three decades.