[Sah'Rumeh Village—Healer's hut—Continuation]
The mountains remained unchanged, the wind still moved through the peaks, and the barrier still shimmered above the village. People still walked through the streets and yet... Levin felt as though the world had tilted beneath his feet.
Grand Duke Lior's footsteps had long faded into the distance. Kael had followed shortly afterward.
Only Iru and Asha remained. The great tiger sat beside him silently. Lyresaph had finally sensed something was wrong; the tiny silver dragon no longer slept lazily.
Instead, he sat upright upon Asha's back, blue eyes fixed upon Levin, watching and concerned. The evening wind brushed against Levin's hair as his thoughts remained far away towards Thalryn.
His home, the kingdom of endless snowfall, the kingdom that had raised him and the kingdom where his father still stood alone and facing a storm.
