Chapter 111: Nyra’s POV

We slipped deeper between the rocks. Axel moved with the kind of quiet that made no sense for a man his size he stepped as if he was afraid the ground might shatter under him.

It made my own movements seem loud and sloppy, even though I knew they weren’t. I’d trained for this. Yet.

Aiura would be disappointed in me.

The air past the border thinned out. The forest was pretty much dead.

Axel must’ve felt it too because he leaned slightly closer. “If you notice ...