The cave did not feel safe.It felt like a temporary hideout before disaster struck.Aria lay on a bed of cloaks and moss, sweat slick on her skin, breath coming in shallow, shaking gasps. The child still surged violently against her ribs, restless, powerful, held back only by the Abyss King’s temporal magic lock on it. Dax knelt beside her the whole time, never for once taking his hands off hers.Eryndor stood at the entrance of the cave, scanning the dark beyond like he expected enemies to burst through at any moment.Because everyone knew they would. Sooner or later, fear always found its way in.“I know them. They won’t stop,” Aria whispered hoarsely. “They never stop when they decide someone is a treath.”Dax bent over her, pressing his forehead to hers.“Then they will have to go through me.”“I don’t want you to die because of me,” she said, her eyes filled with tears.He smiled faintly.“Well, it’s too late. I already made up my mind.”Outside, torches flickered through t
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