The Tenth

There was that haunting echo in the air, followed by the deafening silence.

Everyone stared at the platform with their eyes wide open as the woman in a maid dress screamed her knowledge in the wind.

Asty slowly opened her eyes only to find Chaol starting at her wide-eyed, vexed of what Lana had revealed. The sword was directly beside his neck, pierced a little bit on his skin, drawing blood.

Robynn, Vaughn Garland along with the other officials stared still, looking at them with disbelief in their eyes.

"It wasn't Chaol, Asty!" Lana continued to implore her. "It was—"

Suddenly, there was a long chain of howl in the wind. The atmosphere changed and the wind became colder.

"Wolves?" the people whispered at each other. "But we are at the center of the town!"

Asty turned around, lowered her sword, and listened to her surroundings. She can still remember the synchronization of