Jane’s POV
By the time we finally stopped walking, my legs were numb. It felt like they were made of stone.
I had followed Kael, Ronan, and Mira through the forest for what felt like hours. The deeper we went, the quieter the woods became, until even the wind seemed careful not to disturb whatever lived there.
I had stopped asking where we were going after the first few attempts.
“Almost there,” Ronan had said seven times already.
So when the trees finally began to thin out, I didn’t even bother getting hopeful.
Until I saw it.
At first, it looked like a strange clearing surrounded by towering mountains that rose like silent guards around the valley. But as we stepped out of the forest completely, my eyes widened.
It wasn’t just a clearing, it was a camp.
A huge one.
Tents were a
