Chapter 360 - Taking it back

Silence descended on the trio of Erik, Elora, and Frostfang. They stood on the snowy plains in front of Kirkenes, at the edge of a forest, letting the weight of Elora's words settle around them. 

The wind rustled the leaves, as the sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows over their faces. Erik's heart ached with the newfound understanding, the gravity of his mother's hidden suffering pressing down on him. 

Elora reached out her hand and cupped his cheek as she looked at him lovingly, "I know it hurts to think about your mother's suffering, it would be no different for me, but we can't change the past. We can only change the future." 

Erik and Frostfang's ears twitched, but Frostfang was still ordered to keep quiet, so it was only Erik who frowned, as he asked, "So we can reverse what she did?"