Chapter 560

• Frost yips, and the sound makes me tear my gaze away from the retreating farmer. The last shadow vanishes in a puff of smoke at Frost’s feet, and he looks up, his eyes blazing bright blue as he seeks us out.
• I can see immediately that he’s still not in his right mind. He may have broken free of his chains and come out swinging against the shadows, but inside his head, he’s still being driven mad by those same damn monsters.
• I’m only a few feet behind Kian and Malix, who have preemptively placed themselves between me and Frost. In an instant, I see the trouble coming—his broken mind, his attack, his brothers defending me. One or more of them getting hurt.