Origin: Rooted Within

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

K I N H I L L

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As it was upon Metrá, so it was also upon Kin and its hill. . .

The whole land basked underneath the moonlight. The kranìans had retired, and they had gone into their tents. The women and the young ones were all asleep, some of the men too had fallen asleep, but there were some who were charged with the responsibility of keeping an eye on the prisoners and the surrounding as well. It was not as if the Kranìans were scared, if anything, but Malak, who was just a new member and was still not used to everything, thought it to be safer if some of them were awake. . .

Amongst those who he had given these orders was Lokaa, the Kranìan who was charged with the responsibility of guarding the prisoners in the cage.

After breaking Isher's wrist, he had refused to let his eyes off him, not even for one second. Lokaa kept staring at Isher and rarely looked at any other person in the cage. It made him focus on the cage as a whole, including the people in it. H