Chapter 90: Epilogue
The mountain was no longer silent.
It was filled with the sounds of life. Construction cranes moved steel beams in the lower valley. Children played in the snow of the expanded courtyard. The Old Fortress had become the heart of Sanctuary Peak. It was the first city where wolves and humans lived side by side.
I stood on the high balcony of the keep. The wind was cold but I did not mind it anymore.
"She is getting faster," a voice rumbled beside me.
Victor stepped up to the railing. He wore a heavy wool coat over his shoulders. His hair had a few streaks of grey at the temples now. It was the only sign that time touched him at all.
We looked down at the training ring below.
A five year old girl was moving through a kata. Her movements were fluid and precise. She
