Elanor wasn’t born in Elmore town, and she’d been forced to spend most of her time in the capital back when she’d been training, but she’d been to the town before.

Smaller than the capital but just as lively—and now with more soldiers patrolling than ever before. Demons didn’t usually risk coming this close to the barrier and the royal guard was close enough to be deployed very quickly so there was never a need for this much protection.

They’d need to avoid the ...