Shadow Slave

Chapter 789

Nephis looked in the window and remained silent for a while. Her face was distant and still. After a while, she lightly shook her head.

"No… not yet."

Cassie seemed to be surprised by that answer.

"No? But… why?"

Changing Star sighed.

"The… Fire Keepers. That is what people call the Awakened who follow you, right? They all look up to me, do they not?"

The blind girl silently nodded.

"Of course! We… they have been waiting for your return ever since escaping the Forgotten Shore. Even though the Dreamer Army was an alliance of convenience, the bonds that were forged between its members are real. Their bond to you is real, too."

Sunny sipped his coffee with a strange expression. Neph, meanwhile, lingered for a moment, and then said:

"But they want more than just to welcome me back. They expect me to lead them, like I did on the Forgotten Shore. Am I correct?"

Cassie nodded once again.

Neph looked away.

"How can I lead them when I don't know where I am going? I… I need more time to figure things out before I face them."

The blind girl remained silent for a while, then sighed.

"I… I understand. I think."

meanwhile, did

to do, so she could not offer the remnants of the Dreamer Army guidance. She could not become their general again until

slow her down. More than that, she had spent two whole years alone in the Dream Realm…

a lot of new information that became available to Neph after she came back. That had to change her approach a little, but should not have affected the core of it. So why

she

did not know, and was not sure that he wanted to know… yet. In any

else

and Cassie and then

that Nephis would stay here for a week. Shouldn't

going to let Changing Star pull off an Effie

unreadable expression. After a

mind if I

then

problem. Glad to have you, and all

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about the state of the Fire Keepers and the renovations they were making to the Immortal Flame manor, and then left. Running a prominent Awakened organization was not an easy task, so

were left alone

few moments, and

really not want to go home? I mean… I never really had one, more or less, before buying this house. But if I did, I imagine I would

him, then slowly

not really my home. We were moving a lot while I was growing up. Sometimes because our financial situation changed, sometimes due to security issues. That manor is

remained silent for a

it were the people who surrounded me that created the feeling of home. But they are all gone now, one way or the other. So, there's nothing for me to return

remembering the conversation he once

don't really understand what the Immortal Flame clan is, to be honest. And who those people were. You once said

Changing Star nodded.

You could have called it a great clan, even, although that distinction was not established yet back then. Apart from the immediate family, the

silent, and then

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