All Chapters of Returning in Reverse After Betrayal: Chapter 121 - Chapter 124

The days after the Dream Eater’s defeat were heavy with a muted exhaustion. The victory was ash in our mouths, overshadowed by Erica’s condition. The bleeding from her eyes had stopped, but the silver light of her Sight had not returned. She moved through the camp like a ghost, her eyes now perpetually distant, focused on a world only she could partially perceive, a world she described as “fractured” and “full of static.” Helena worked tirelessly, but the damage was psychic, spiritual, deep in the pathways of her gift. We had won a battle, but we feared we had lost our Seer.It was in this atmosphere of weary vigilance that the scouts reported a large contingent approaching from the south—under a banner of truce, but in numbers that set the entire camp on edge.We met them at the edge of the Black River territory; our warriors f

I found Erica that evening near the training grounds, sitting on a fallen log, her gaze fixed on the section of camp being hastily erected by Silverpine wolves. The sounds of unfamiliar voices and the sight of their banner—a pine tree against a silver field—made my own stomach clench with old ghosts. I sat beside her, the weight of the day settling between us.“You’re quiet,” I observed after a long moment.“They’re here,” she said, her voice flat. Not looking at me. “The pack that watched you suffer. That stood in that hall and did nothing while Leighton tortured you. That let him burn your mark.” She finally turned, her newly dulled eyes struggling to find mine. “I remember their faces. From my childhood. I remember them looking away.”“I know,” I said, the words heavy.“And you just… accepted them? Just like that?” The anger was there, simmering just under the surface. It wasn’t aimed at me. It was a clean, hot rage for the injustice, for the memory of my pain that lived in her, to