Tavin forced his legs to move, step after heavy step, even as they screamed at him to stop. He wasn’t sure how long he had been at this; the moon had gone behind some of the only clouds in the sky some time ago. He also didn’t know how far behind Valina he was, but he was determined to catch up. He looked down at the bag of candies Valina had left him; it was already half-empty. He still didn’t know what they were made of, but he had been relying on them so heavily that he wasn’t ...