Chapter 125: Kade’s POV

Silence fell upon the field in the strangest way. Orran’s men stood frozen in the snow weapons half-raised, eyes darting between us like trapped animals. They had numbers but numbers meant nothing when fear finally caught up.

And fear had caught up.

Nyra stood head held high at the center of it all, and around her, the aftermath spoke louder than any threat ever could, guards groaning on the ground, others backed away with white-knuckled grips on swords they no ...