Chapter 70 The Ones Who Return Changed

The first ones came back before dawn.

Not many.

Three figures at the gate, cloaked in dust and silence.

The guards hesitated-but did not turn them away.

Because Elara had said they wouldn't.

Choice had to mean something.

Aeron was called immediately.

"Elara," he said when he found her, "they're back."

She was already moving.

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