Chapter 6431

At the same moment, inside Freevale, night had fully settled.

The world lay in darkness, stripped of all light.

The evening wind cut in cold enough to bite into bone.

It carried the stench of blood from the Wastelands, sweeping through every corner of the vale.

The air hung low over Freevale—heavy enough to press the breath out of a man.

Jared entered through the mouth of the vale, supported on both sides by people carefully holding him up.