Chapter 71:
HUNTING A GHOST
We left at dawn.
The Veil Lands faded behind us as we crossed back into familiar territory, but the weight of what we had learned followed us.
Michael wasn’t dead.
He claimed.
The Forgotten One had taken him and corrupted him just like it had done to Caius in my past life. And now, we had no idea where he was, what he was, or how much time we had left before he was completely beyond saving.
Ethan was still seething.
He hadn’t spoken much since we left the ruins. Every movement was stiff, controlled, like he was barely holding himself together. I knew he wanted to demand answers from me, from Caius, from someone. But there were no answers yet.
Just a war we didn’t know how to win.
And a brother I didn’t know how to save.
By midday
