Chapter 18 The Whispers Of The Peak

• The mist in the Shadow Peaks didn't just obscure the path; it tasted of copper and old regrets.
• Anna stepped over a blackened, skeletal root, her golden eyes scanning the gloom. Beside her, Commander Valaria moved like a ghost, her matte-black armor making her nearly invisible against the jagged obsidian rocks. [1]
• "Stay close, Anna," Valaria whispered, her hand never leaving the hilt of her dragon-glass sword. "The mist is thicker here. It’s looking for a way in."