Chapter 122

• Chapter 122: Beginnings and Awakening
• Hayley’s POV
• The night was filled with dread as my birth mother, Elara, rallied before me. She had an air of quiet authority and also warmth, assuring the round table that there were plenty more stories behind her eyes. The forest itself sounded as though it were whispering and waiting; they felt the breathless anticipation in its hollowed, quaking trunks, perhaps hearing rumblings beneath their roots awaiting further news.