C405 BIRTH IN THE BURNING FIELD

"Push, Elara! You have to push now!" Damon’s voice was a rough rasp, barely audible over the screaming wind and the roar of the fire.

The world outside the barn was a hell of orange and red. The 2nd Prince’s army had set the surrounding farms ablaze, and the heat was so intense it felt like the air itself was melting. Elara lay on a bed of dry hay