Chapter 50: The Unseen Enemy

/-Alora-/

It was clear that the atmosphere was tense: you could have heard a pin drop if the silence was any thicker.

With each action, I seemed to be in a more profound state of drudge, as if the new claim of lineage, the understanding of what my father is and what he wants for me, had grounded me to the earth.

My head was spinning with everything I had just learned, from the family to the power, the secrets that had been never spoken of for so long. But none of it seemed to matter as what was coming loomed.

My father’s return helped me join a past I was unprepared for, but it is too late to leave now.

The only thing and the person who kept me calm all the time was Randall beside me.

He had his left hand on the grip of his sword though he kept his gaze on the trees surrounding us seemingly expecting an enemy attack at any time.

I still felt that I knew a storm was brewing somewhere, something that would force me to take a choice I would not want to take.

We moved further and dee