Chapter 95

The night hung heavy in the aftermath of battle.

The fires had been extinguished. The smoke had thinned. The echoes of growls and howls faded, replaced by quiet breathing, by pain, by relief.

And loss.

I stood barefoot on the ruined stone, dust and dried blood covering my skin. My muscles ached, my body sore and drained from the power I had unleashed.

But I was still standing.

We all were.

The rog