The sound of battle to wake me had been all real. Xatis had been attacked. Someone had been foolish enough to take on such a murderous risk.
My shaky hands flew to my mouth as I took in the sight of death that surrounded me once I stepped out of the cave. Heart still aching, I'd dressed up and decided to leave the cave with every intention to go after Eugan, but barely a few steps after emerging, I had stumbled onto a wolf's severed limb and it'd been the thing to draw my attention to the gory sight before me. A sight not reserved for the door steps of the palace.
It was as if the god of death had been the one to sweep through the woods claiming countless lives at a time. Surely whoever was this foolish to think of attacking so closely must have known that there was no way their endeav
