The Night of Zen's Return
The next memories blurred together with flickers of rogues committing atrocities, villages burning, cries echoing in the distance. They realized that Zen had hunted them down one by one, which is what had earned him the reputation of the hunter...
But then came another memory, one that hit Kael and Lance harder than any before. It showed the real reason Zen had suddenly wanted to delay the mating ceremony three years ago, and why he had insisted on going with Kael for the hunt.
What once looked like simple stubbornness now made painful sense. As Kael watched himself in that memory- broken, lost, and close to losing his mind- he finally understood. Zen had not been reckless or stubborn he had been trying to save him. The truth hit so hard that Kael almost broke the link holding their minds together.
