Red Fang Chapter 31

Elise hurried back to the rooms worried that she had been gone too long and found Dren pacing in the corridor. He looked up at her arrival and threw the bedchamber door open, holding it open for her to come inside.

“What is it, Dren?” Elise asked giving the guard a concerned look as she hastened into the room.
“I heard her scream and then I came in and found her like this.”
“What happened?” Elise dropped the basket and rushed to where Avani sat slack-faced and staring blankly at the white-washed wall opposite. The princess clasped her hands in her lap and moved her mouth wordlessly.
“Avani, I’m back,” Elise said cupping her chin and lifting her head. Avani blinked and her eyes drifted across Elise’s face.
“The high priest sent for her while you were out. She was only gone a few minutes before they brought her back,” Dren said. “When they returned the guards escorting her left her at the bottom of the stairs and then she walked up but she wasn’t right. It was like she was asleep. I tried talking to her, but she didn’t respond. I didn’t know what to do.”
“She went without the baby?”

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Nestled in the shadow of the Intraana mountain range is a vast land of marsh and forest. Rivers pour in from both the north and south flooding the region until it's more lake than land and yet it is home to more life than any outsider could imagine. Hidden among the reed beds are villages and farms, not all sited on dry land, some float. The villages of the marsh elves drift with the seasons, following the migrations of birds and fish, ignored by the humans as long as they don't get too close. A human king claims dominion and is ready to shed blood to prove it, not his but those of his men, marching them into the swamp to kill and needlessly die. But there are still places where people can hide from tyrants and create homes and communities of their own.

Parent Plot

The Red Fang

Related Characters

• Avani Commaln
• Cosi
• Dren
• Elise

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• Arshen
• The Thousand Lakes