C156 BEYOND WHAT THE NIGHT MENTIONED

The howl did not come again.

That was what unsettled Elara most.

Ashenreach settled into a silence that felt purposeful, as if the city itself had chosen restraint. The echoes from earlier—fear, movement, the sense of being watched—had changed into something quieter. Heavier. The kind of calm that indicated memory rather than safety.

They kept going on foot, no longer rushed