Chapter 24: Lochlann
Fear choked him as the camp came alive in noise and sounds. Lochlann rolled over, the fire exploding, and desperately searched for what was going on, where everyone was. Next to him, Talfryn and Akton were getting up, and on the other side of him, Arvi was gaping at where the fire had been.
Then just like that, silence fell, night dark without the fire and the moon having descended already. Talfryn lit the fire as he struggled out of his bedroll and Lochlann could see a figure dashing across the camp, someone new, someone his mind placed as the trader they’d passed on the road earlier. He was taking a swipe at Wren with clawed hands, but she dodged him easily.
“s**t,” he said, just as he heard Akton mutter, “f**k!” and he looked over to see him, still stiff-shoulder
