Chapter 11
“A healer’s duty isn’t to escape the darkness. It’s to bring light to those still trapped within it. If I must remain, then I hope I will shine until my last breath.” ~ Jewel
Five minutes before Shade opened the Nushtonia…
Jewel didn’t know how long it had been since they’d made their introductions with the ruler of the Realm of the Dead. The silence was maddening. Fane walked ahead of the group, his powerful frame tense, his shoulders squared as though bracing for an attack. His sharp blue eyes scanned the endless wasteland, ever-watchful, ever-protective. Behind him, Heather followed, her hands outstretched slightly as if testing the air, her sightless eyes staring ahead. Her usual sarcastic quips were absent for the moment, replaced by a quiet tension that only deepened t
