Kael's Secret
The fight with the renegade wolves hung over them like an unwanted shadow. Breathing heavily and with fresh wounds, the troop had withdrawn to a remote woodland. Elara held tightly unto the fragment, its humming serving as a reminder of the weight and strength it held.
“You’re quiet,” Kieran said as he took a seat next to her.
Elara answered in a detached tone, "I'm thinking." Normally controlled, her shadows writhed around her feet as if they were a reflection of her inner distress.
" Thinking?" Kieran pushed.
Aeron's words broke the silence before Elara could respond. "Rael is not there."
Elara tensed. “Since when?"
Aeron pointed at the camp. "He has been gone for too long, but he claimed to be scouting ahead."
Kieran snarled and stood up. I was aware that we couldn
