Chapter 40: Into the Valley of the Shadow…Acenith and I were standing atop the huge battlements two days later, when the first of the new groups arrived. Portalled to the outskirts of Zaen, they were walking in from the border, protected by a group of shape shifters and werewolves.
“They look scared,” I remarked quietly. The group were straggling along, carrying their worldly possessions in rucksacks and duffel bags. Some of the men carried babies and toddlers, other children were holding the women's hands, clinging to what or who they knew.
“It's hardly surprising. Being isolated here, we don't know how many have been attacked, other than what you learn from the nightmares. Perhaps these groups had already been attacked,” Acenith suggested. Her long hair was braided, hanging across her
