Born From The Ash
A massive, scarred oak table, once used for my grandfather’s feasts, was now littered with maps, scraps of parchment, and weaponry.
On one side stood Kaiden, Elias, Lyra, and Roric, the disciplined, grim-faced core of Blackridge. On our side stood my people: David, a mountain of silent fury; Jax, his fingers tracing potential trap lines on a map of the surrounding peaks.
Cera, her arms crossed, her gaze a physical barrier between the two groups; and Alex, who watched it all with a scholar’s keen eyes, trying to learn the new language of this forced alliance.