Kingdom of Ash

only after the Shadows and Crochans had
agreed on a secure place to stay.
Watches were set, both on the ground and
in the sky. If the two surviving Matrons were
to retaliate for their humiliating defeat, it
would be now. The Crochans and Asterin had
spent much of their time today laying
misleading tracks, but only time would tell if
they’d escaped.
The night was frigid enough that they took
the time to erect tents, the wyverns huddling
together against one of the rocky overhangs.
And though no fires would have been wiser,
the cold threatened to be so lethal that Glennis
had taken the sacred flame from the glass orb
where it was held while traveling and ignited
her fire. Others had followed suit, and while
glamours would be in place to hide the camp,
the fires, from enemy eyes, Dorian couldn’t
entirely forget that the Ironteeth Matrons had