Chapter 20: Claimed by Shadow
The words echoed through the forest, pressing into Kyrielle's chest like the weight of ancient stone. The figure before them - risen from the chasm in a storm of smoke and shadow - hadn't moved. Its focus remained locked, unbroken, on her.
Not Draegan.
Not Thorin.
Her.
It hadn't stopped watching her since it emerged. And now it spoke again - its voice low and rust ...