Chapter Thirty-Nine: Running Wolves[edit | edit source]

Ivin leads the wardens, Solineus, Eliles, Lelishen, and Ilpen from Istinjoln’s Shadow outbreak to a camp where Tokodin waits, shaken but alive. Amid thunder from the monastery, Ivin lights a lantern to signal Zjin’s Colok, learning from Lelishen that Ulrikt’s false Sliver failed to summon Sol, instead unleashing Shadows and a green-eyed lord needing the true Sliver. Eliles confirms Dareun’s ghostly warning, sparking tension with Pikarn, whom Solineus challenges. Ivin assigns Pikarn, Puxele, and most wardens to warn Choerkin Fost, while he, Eliles, Solineus, Lelishen, Tokodin, and Rinold head to the Steaming Lakes to secure the true Sliver from crypts guarded by Wakened Dead. Zjin arrives with wolf sleds, and despite initial reluctance, agrees to transport them north. At a snow-buried outpost, they rest briefly before dawn, boarding sleds—Ivin with Eliles, Solineus with Lelishen, Tokodin with Rinold and ale—embarking on a tense, wind-whipped journey to thwart the Shadows’ lord.

EoS Chapter 38 — Eve of Snows
EoS Chapter 40 — Pretty Bird Flying

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