Chapter 744

• It went on and on, until a thousand remnants separated them and the battle they'd abandoned. They didn't stop, and the girls kept running until each of their gasps hurt David's insides. They'd gone at least a kilometer past the edge of the remnant swarm before Laoko hissed, stopped, and half collapsed against a leaning tombstone. Her side was soaked red.
• "I think we can slow down," Caera said between pants. "I don't hear him."
• The group looked back. No signs of remnants or the rider in the fog, and the screams of the remnants were distant and faded. Teleius had lasted far longer than they could have hoped for, all for Laoko.