Chapter 90

*Rowan*

The air was thick with tension as we approached the clearing where Vance was bound, his punishment long overdue. It was a moonless night, the kind that seemed to swallow sound and light, leaving everything steeped in shadows.

The silence was almost too much, broken only by the crunch of footsteps against the frost-tipped grass as we made our way down to the execution grounds.

Lyra walked