Chapter 97: Nyra’s POV

I stared at the map, tracing the worn paper with my fingertips. That little black circle was nothing more than graphite on paper, but it felt like a crack forming in a mountain. A way through something impossible.

“If that cabin is still standing.” Riven murmured “it may be the only unguarded route left into Coldridge.”

“It will have to be.” I said quietly. “But we need to test and confirm it.”

Everyone’s eyes snapped to me.

I stood straighter, ...