Natalia’s POV
We arrived in Bloodmoon before the end of the second day of traveling. Andrei said it was because we traveled quickly with our numbers, those in front creating a path through the Thornwood for those behind, but we really knew the truth.
The rogues were gathering their forces north. Therefore, we faced no major obstacles on our journey. There were no skirmishes, no obstacles in the way other than gnarled trees and thorny underbrush.
The Bloodmoon that I left before and the one I returned to now were two entirely different places. I gasped as we approached the compound, finding the walls partially crumbled, the courtyard filled with debris, the once-formidable structures reduced to ash and silence.
But when we entered the compound proper, there was no lack of people despite
