Chapter 54: Aftermath and Unfinished Wars
The battlefield lay in eerie silence, broken only by the labored breaths of my packmates. The ground beneath us was still warm from the energy of the Forgotten One’s banishment, cracks running through the stone like scars from the war we had just survived.
But despite the victory, my body remained tense. The fight was over but not the war.
Ethan stood beside me, his sword still raised, his gaze fixed on the spot where Landon had vanished into the night. His body was rigid, his breaths heavy. He wanted to chase after him. I knew it from the way his grip tightened on the hilt of his blade, his knuckles white from the pressure.
“We should go after him,” he growled, his voice low.
I shook my head, exhaustion weighing down on me. “Not yet
