Valance hissed inwardly at the noise.
'How damn loud and noisy.'
Yet her distant gaze stayed calm, revealing none of her inner thoughts, first resting on Nathaniel's leaping figure beside her before gliding toward the chaos unfolding behind.
"How did the bridge break?"
She murmured softly, her brows furrowing in concern. Her eyes swept over the guards they had brought with them, all struggling against the fierce winds far behind them.
Even then, she didn't spare a glance for Clan Leader Ares and his clan members, who had also been caught in the turmoil.
"If only we could go back and help those floundering in the wind… but we can't. We have come too far, and returning could be perilous. This place is too treacherous."
Her lips pressed into a thin line, a shadow of guilt on her face for those trapped in the raging wind, their fate hanging by a thread.
Nathaniel let out a sigh.
