Chapter 34 — When the Storm Answers
The first arrow fell before dawn.
It did not come from the north, nor from Isolde Ravencrest's encampment blazing crimson beneath the storm lit sky. It fell from above splitting the clouds like a blade of night and striking the outer ward of Blackspire with a sound like breaking glass.
It did not come from the north, nor from Isolde Ravencrest's encampment blazing crimson beneath the storm lit sky. It fell from above splitting the clouds like a blade of night and striking the outer ward of Blackspire with a sound like breaking glass.
The wards flared once.
Then screamed.
Elowen felt it in her bones.
She was already awake, standing at the narrow window of the inner keep, fingers clenched in the stone as the fortress felt suddenly… violated. The protective runes carved into Blackspire's ancient walls pulsed erratically, their once-steady rhythm fractured.
"That wasn't siege fire," Kael said behind her.
