the others arrived from the west, they might
crush Morath’s forces between them. And that
was without the unleashed power of Aelin
Galathynius. And her consort and court.
Salkhi arced around the Northern Fang.
Distantly, Nesryn could make out Borte doing
the same around the Omega. But there was no
sign of their enemy.
And when Nesryn and Borte did another
pass through the Ferian Gap, even going so far
as to soar between the two peaks, they found
no sign, either.
As if the enemy had vanished.
The White Fangs were utterly unforgiving.
The wild men who led them kept the
mountains from being fatal, knowing which
passes might be wiped out by snow, which
might have an unsteady ice shelf, which were
too open to any eyes flying overhead. Even