Chapter 42 Ashes Of The Hollow

• Silence was the first Jared felt.
• Silence, not peace. The kind that felt too loud with each heartbeat and pressed against the ribs.
• He saw a world of grey as he opened his eyes. Ash covered dead roots and cracked stone as it floated through the air like snow. Threads of shadow-light wound through the ruins of what had once been the Arbiter's chamber, and the ground shimmered faintly with blast residue.