All Nighter

Once everyone had food in them, the atmosphere among the wagons drastically improved. But when they learned that Thor intended to push through the night, with Rae to lead him past any pitfalls they might find in the ash, the atmosphere was nearly ecstatic.

They were already out of the freezing cold that marked the Frost Giants' territory, and by morning, they intended to be at the human battle lines, where the World Dragon church would gather them and take them somewhere safe.

That notion was a bit dubious among the Beastkin, who were less likely to trust the humans at all, but the Dragon Gods were worshipped all over the world, and that was enough for the refugees to trust Tessa's word that the Red Dragon Clerics would take them in and care for them.

"Are we really going to travel all night, even though we're out of the frozen lands?" One of the human refugees asked softly, with a heavy accent.