The Last Heiress
The moment we left the city and lost the protection of the wards, I felt it—that psychic pressure that had haunted my dreams, that feeling of the Scourge's presence pressing against the edges of my mind.
"They know we're here," Lyssa said, pointing to the northeast. "Look."
The creatures were moving, some of them peeling away from the siege to intercept us. We didn't have much time.
"Run," Vex said simply, and we did.
The next eight hours were a blur of running through forests, climbing through rough terrain, and trying to stay ahead of our pursuers. Lyssa led us on a path that was clearly not the main road, something that twisted through the hills and made it harder for the creatures to pre