Chapter 25 - One Cold Day

The next day, Alarick sent a letter to his father.

He rested his elbows on his knees. The thought of his mamkka still alive in the mountains, alone, probably wounded or suffering, brings a bad taste in his mouth. It had been somehow easier when he thought him dead and at peace.

He’d left Erriene alone in the morning, and the prince seemed weirdly distraught by the idea. Erriene asked again and again if he would know where to look for Aefstine, seeming very concerned.

If he really had seen what he claimed he have, Alarick couldn't blame him for having nightmares. He had them too. Every time he looked at the mountains, he wondered if one day, those giants would break through and try to claim the land back.

Never once had he thought that he would be the one to break the contract. But really, it was the giants who broke the seal. It was them who betrayed his people.

Alarick breathed through his nose and remembered the