Ashes Beneath The Skin
The warriors filed out slowly, moving with a shared sense of quiet urgency, their purpose palpable.
But one figure lingered. Tomas, one of the oldest and most respected patrol leaders, advanced with a measured step. Rain-soaked, grey-streaked hair clung to his forehead, his boots still splattered with mud from the night’s treacherous terrain. He reached into the folds of his coat and extracted a small object—an intricately carved ward token made from obsidian, its surface etched with the clan’s sigil.
He placed it on the centre table beside the sprawling map, its dark sheen absorbing the flickers of firelight. “For her,” he said simply, a quiet reverence in his voice. “If she’s ours, she sho
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