#Chapter 115: Battle

Elroy POV I stood there in a daze for many minutes, if not longer, before one of my commanders howled my name to break me from the ecstasy of my first moment of a mindlink with Olivia. I felt not just her feelings and thoughts but also the very essence of her, and it was intoxicating. “She’s this way,” I growled before setting us a route slightly more to the east, not letting my people see how greatly I was affected. We needed to keep our focus on the here and now. The moon was finally over the horizon, and I called upon the Goddess and the mindlink to lead us all. Of course, it was then that Bromstad and Hayley, two of my best scouts, ran up to me to say Denis had set up camp in that very direction. I nodded and thanked them by scenting them both with care. They bowed in respect and withdrew. I missed Sam. Within only a few miles, it was clear the scouts and I were correct. I could smell the radicalism of Denis’s people and, just perhaps, a whiff of Olivia in the air. We c