Chapter 27 The Betrayal of the Rogue

• The fight with the renegade wolves hung over them like an unwanted shadow. Breathing heavily and with fresh wounds, the troop had withdrawn to a remote woodland. Elara held tightly unto the fragment, its humming serving as a reminder of the weight and strength it held.
• “You’re quiet,” Kieran said as he took a seat next to her.
• Elara answered in a detached tone, "I'm thinking." Normally controlled, her shadows writhed around her feet as if they were a reflection of her inner distress.