Skhana's breath condensed into short, rounded puffs that rapidly dissolved behind her as she trekked up the dark, snowy road, struggling to calm her pounding heart and still her racing thoughts.
The reverberation of the hammering beat that viciously punched against her rib cage was such that she had begun worrying that the young Kephian who walked beside her would be able to pick up the sound of the loud palpitation or worse, see it somehow despite the roaring winds that pelted them and the thick metallic plates that covered her chest.
So, she’d started reminiscing about the conversation she’d had with her father to try to steady her nerves at first, and then just to occupy her mind with something else.
“It truly is remarkable…” – Ussiariah’s thunderous voice had suddenly proclaimed, m
