Chrome and Claws
Her gaze was fixed on the horizon, where the first glimpses of Lyandra’s army appeared: massive Hollowborn giants, their bodies twisted by dark magic, skeletal forms reinforced with blackened iron, and soldiers bearing banners black as a moonless night.
Malrik, his voice low and urgent, appeared at her side. “Raven,” he said, his tone uncharacteristically strained, “they’re larger than the scouts reported. We’re seeing the full might of the Black Dominion. You… need to prepare yourself.”
Raven’s hands instinctively moved to her belly, feeling the soft but insistent flutter of the life within her. Her children heartbeats were rapid, almost thrumming in sync with the drums from the north. “I f