Asher

Running away was a tantalizing idea, but it was not an option. By association, we had become accomplices; in the eyes of the world, we were as guilty as Malachi himself. We could not simply abandon him to resolve this catastrophe alone. Our connection ran too deep. Furthermore, had we absconded to another region, we likely would have brought the same disaster upon a new land that we had already unleashed upon Crystal Falls.

Perhaps if there were a place devoid of life—a wasteland ...