CHAPTER 39: On The Run
The carriage wheels groaned under the speed as it thundered down the rough forest path. Night had swallowed everything outside leaving only the lantern swinging inside the carriage and the silver moon overhead to guide them.
Selene sat opposite Soren, gripping the seat to steady herself as the carriage jolted and bumped over stones. She could hear the frantic rhythm of the escort horses outside... fast, sharp and urgent and her wolf senses picked up faint echoes from behind… shouting… snarls that were coming from the rising panic of men. Chaos was still unfolding back where they had left.
She looked down at the leather case sitting beside Soren. Even closed tightly, the moonstone still pulsed with light… soft… eerie and powerful. The air around it felt charged lik
