Barbarians at the Gate

Aura had dropped that bomb on me just before sunrise which meant there was no time for me to convince her not to do anything crazy like invite Arah over to the Fayne. Not that it was what Aura was planning to do but I didn't want to take any chances.

Sadly, dawn's light peeked through the curtains just as I was pleading with her not to meet Arah later, and I found myself whisked back to Mudgard with my argument stuck in my throat.

Back on this side of the world, I'd resolved to convince Arah not to even consider anything remotely like journeying to the Fayne to help with the search for Ty. We had it covered. In fact, we'd already kind of found out where they were keeping him.

But Arah was ghosting me, ignoring my calls, seen-zoning my texts, and just disappearing on me for the entire day. She even cut classes so we wouldn't run into each other in school, and for Arah, that was beyond extreme.