Chapter 159 - The Trek back to Talon

The Moonveiled sisters drove along the long, winding road to Talon while the moon was low in the night sky. Except for the gentle clip-clop of the donkeys they rode and the dust-kicking sound of their weary, plodding strides as they carried the sisters forward, the night air was still. The team's enthusiasm had diminished after a few days of travel, and the silence of the trip started to get to them all. With an overdone yawn, Lanna sat stooped over her donkey, her tone was a mix of frustration and fatigue, “Are we there yet?” she asked, her voice tinged with both impatience and weariness Lycoria laughed, but it was more like a sigh of exhaustion. She looked at Lanna, “Brace yourself Lanna” she said, "There is still a long way to go” Squinting against the flickering shadows from the trees along the trail, Veloria shifted uneasily on her saddle, “Going back to where we had just come from is exhausting” she grumbled, “We ought to have remained behind” “We could have, of course