*Calix*

Wind and snow raged around me, trying to drive me back, but I pushed the heels of my boots, digging into the hardening ground. A mountain of people clamored after me, all of them huddled against the assaulting weather.

It hadn’t cleared as I had hoped, but we had little choice. The time was now or never. Dryden would only continue to grow in power, and with Lynn, he could create an unstoppable bloodline.

That thought sent me into a spiral of mental ...