CRYSTAL

I came here with one certainty burning in my chest; Kallias would go for me. There had never been any doubt in my calculations. He would search for me—relentlessly. By now, he should have already crossed paths with Valtor or Winter, declared with absolute certainty that I was here. Then after that, he and his pack would have reached the borders, demanding my return.

And, if they were denied, they would have declared war.

But there was nothing.

I didn’t know where my reasoning had ...