Chapter 74) Nightmares are Memories.

The small boy looked out through the round window of the carriage. The moment he opened the curtains, chilly air rushed in to battle with the little warmth inside, forcing him to close it quickly.

"Where are we going, father?" He asked innocently for the third time since they'd set out from the village a hundred or so miles back.

His father, a severe looking man with a narrow face and sleek black beard, didn't even spare him a glance.

"Is that fear I hear in your voice, Wolfclaw?" His voice sent a chill down the boy's spine, rivalling ghf effect of the wind.

He shivered. "I'm sorry, father. I'm not scared of anything. Whatever I need to do, the spirits of our forefathers will guide me to prevail."

The prominent jaws of the older man's face worked as he gritted them.