Chapter 75 - Chapter 75 – The Child of Balance

When they found the stream, the sound of the night changed. The burned scent of the facility had thinned into the wind by now, but it had not disappeared completely. The water running between the wet stones carried a colder air than the rest of the forest. When the moonlight broke through the trees and fell onto the surface of the water, it created a silver-like shimmer, and for a moment that shimmer seemed to speak the same language as the metallic ring in Elara's eyes. All three of them slowed down. Because this place was not only suitable for a short stop. There was something else here. Rowan understood it from the vibration in the ground, Kael from the residue of old magic in the scent, and Elara from that familiar but inhuman call coming from within the water.