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Even from afar, the night creatures were visible. They roamed about the streets in broad daylight, snapping and snarling at anything that moved.
“That looks nasty,” Nero muttered, his fangs already protruding. This wasn’t a fight he was willing to pick though. If it were at night, then he might have considered it. But not while the sun was out.
“How do you reckon we do this?” Adaria asked, still soaking from the rain. Thankfully, it had ceased momentarily, and the sun had broken out amongst the clouds, so that a brilliant rainbow decorated the sky above them.
If only the ground were as beautiful as the sky.
“There must be another way around them,” Ravena said.
“Or we can just avoid the town completely and make it to Danestia by this time tomorrow,” Nero suggested.
“You mig
