Chapter 43 The War Of Attrition
- The dust settled over Moonstone Pass, revealing a landscape scarred but not broken. The ancient standing stones, though chipped and bloodied, still stood firm, silent witnesses to the unified army's first victory. The victory was hard-won, marked by the bodies of the corrupted and the weary exhaustion of the living.
- The purified Alpha Kaelen, now clear-eyed but haunted, sat among his bewildered warriors, coming to terms with the atrocities he had committed under the Shadow Weaver's thrall. His terror, and his gratitude, were palpable.
- Elara felt the immense fatigue in her bones, the aftershocks of wielding such concentrated Lunari power. Lucian, though physically spent, radiated resolute strength, organizing the weary troops.