Chapter 192 Picking Up The Pieces

• The mysterious visitor turned out to be a fourteen-year-old girl with a limp and a story that made my chest tight.
• Her name was Rhea. She'd been one of the bonded children in the underground chambers. Escaped during the chaos when we'd freed them, but got separated from the main group.
• "I hid in the forest for three days," she said, voice barely above a whisper. "Heard wolves talking. Gideon's wolves. They said something about a safe house in the marshes. Said there were more crystals there. Enough to break every bond in the territories."