Chapter 12
Chapter 12: The Old Road
Glen, Elara, and Corbin navigate the dangerous old road toward the keep, facing a hunter patrol and the brutal reality of their timeline. Glen pushes himself past his limits, and Elara's confession forces him to confront what he's willing to sacrifice.
The old road was never meant for the living.
It cut through the mountain like a scar—stone and gravel and the bones of something that had died long ago. Glen's boots scraped against the loose rock, each step sending a jolt through his tired legs. The cut on his arm had stopped bleeding, but the wound burned with every beat of his heart.
Elara walked beside him, her hand never straying far from his. She watched the treeline with the focus of someone who had learned to see death before it arrived. Corbin led, his broken arm pressed against his chest, his copper eyes scanning the darkness ahead.
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