Chapter 102

The forest didn’t celebrate after the Authority retreated.

There were no cheers. No howls of victory.

Only silence.

A heavy, uneasy silence that settled over Dark Moon territory like fog after rain.

Burnt grass smoked at the edges of the clearing. Broken weapons lay scattered on the ground, abandoned in haste. Warriors stood in small groups, whispering to one another, their eyes filled with shock—not from the fight, but from what they had seen.

The truth.

I stood ...