Moonspear aisi chhoti chhoti baatein

she was right. those mountains were far higher than the sunspire's range, just north of the plateau, and of gargantuan proportions compared to the crags he had climbed in the south. it would do no good to risk life and limb on a wild goose chase on a woman most likely dead.

"i hope so," aditya said fervently, a faint sense of pleasure coursing through him as he imagined those giant birds pecking out her lifeless eyes. in fact, perhaps they had done it while she was alive. . .

he hastily pushed away the sadistic thoughts, instead giving the woman a small smile. "i thank you again," he murmured. "for all the information you've provided to me. hopefully she will not trouble either of our families again."

with one final bow of gratitude, aditya stepped back from the border, waiting for her to depart before he took off himself. it would be rude of him, he surmised, to leave without being properly dismissed. she was an alpha, after all, and a seasoned one at that.