Ember Frost’s POV

That one week dragged by in the slowest way possible. Morning came slowly, the afternoons dragged, and the nights felt even longer. I tried to keep myself busy, but my thoughts kept wandering back to the Stormsphire Mountains.

I kept wondering what was happening there, whether anything had changed, whether there had been any progress. The more I thought about it, the more restless I became. It felt strange to be so far away while something so important was unraveling ...