Chapter 77 Alliances In Darkness

• The settlement walls were packed with wolves, all of them armed and watching the northern tree line. Kaden stood between Alina and the edge, his hand on his sword. Kael was on Alina’s other side, that distant look in his eyes as he tried to sense what was coming.
• “How many witches?” Alina asked. She’d insisted on coming to the wall despite Mother Elara’s protests. Now she leaned against the wooden railing, her face pale but her eyes sharp.
• “Three that I can feel,” Kael said. “But they’re powerful. Maybe as strong as the ones from the Bone-Thicket that took you.”