She continued to back up and exited the hut, watching him warily. She realized that some of the elves had noticed the naked elf and had come to investigate.
“What’s wrong with him?” one of them asked her. She shrugged. She honestly didn’t know, but the fact that his body was burning with energy wasn’t a good sign.
One of the elves ran back to the others, probably to fetch Velent. Within moments the entire army had turned around and come back. Velent walked up to the man and touched his shoulder. He quickly pulled his hand away.
“His skin is on fire!” he said, clenching his hand. “Where are his clothes?”
No one spoke. Velent turned to the elf that had fetched him. “Where did you find him?” The elf said something softly in reply that Jovanna didn’t hear.
The elf’s tattoos began to pulse
