Chapter 98: Nyra’s

The camp was a mess when we returned, everyone assigned a task moving like their lives depended on it. News traveled fast here, almost too fast sometimes, and by the time we stepped through the camp gates, a crowd had gathered. Their eyes followed us, as we passed by some hopeful, some anxious and some anxious.

Riven met us halfway, scanning each of our faces as if reading the outcome before we spoke a word.

“Well?” he demanded. “Are the wards still ...