#Chapter 187: Silver Skies

Grace I managed to call Magnus back an hour before I fell asleep and stayed up too late, yet I didn’t feel it. When I woke up, I felt refreshed. I changed and took a run through the forest for the first time in so long I almost got lost. Sunlight filtered through the canopy of ancient oaks and threw shadows across the path. But the warmth that bathed my skin was nothing compared to how warm I felt. I felt alive in a way I couldn’t remember being. My hearing seemed sharper. Every cell in my body vibrated with purpose and hope and the knowledge that I was moving forward. I’d set Mooncrest back on the path of growth and flourishing. I could get the Senate’s seat. It felt… so much closer than I ever imagined it being. And more than that, I was going to grind Fenris and the president’s little plan into dust. By the time I’d gotten off the phone with Magnus, the holes in my plan to move forward seemed to disappear. It was unexpected to form an alliance so quickly, unexpected that there