Chapter 71: The Path of No Return

The air was thick and filled with tension as Aveline and Gabriel stood among their allies, the weight of suspicion pressing heavily upon them, everyone was looking closely at each other to ascertain who could be the culprit. They had been betrayed. The proof lay in Aveline's shaking hands, a coded message that was discovered on the route to their path meant for the council only that the sender wasn't caught with it. Someone among the whole of them had been feeding the enemy information, their route, and the tactics they wanted to adopt to give a surprise attack. The silence among their group was visible, eyes were moving in every direction, each warrior questioning the trust they had once shared.