We shifted as soon as we got to the edge of the village and ran the rest of the way to find Luke pacing out the front of a hideout for the locals.
“What is it?” I mind linked. But Luke couldn’t talk.
Elias and I looked at each other and when we walked inside we saw the same grizzly scene that we saw at the underground tunnels. There was blood smeared everywhere and everyone was gone.
“What about the other camps?” Elias’s voice was low, but it carried the weight of dread.
“They’re the same,” Luke answered, his expression hollow. “Empty. All of them.”
“All of them?” My chest tightened. “The locals? Our warriors? They’re just… gone?”
Elias bared his teeth. “How the hell does an entire force vanish without a sound?”
“They were checked only this morning.” Luke’s words cracked. “This s
