Nitis appeared peaceful from the sky, but Khan and Liiza barely gazed at the surface while Snow flew back to the palace inside the mountain.
The two had informed Zalpa about the contents of the meeting, and she had decided to regroup in their previous safe area. Crossing long distances wasn't an issue now that the Aduns had returned, so she didn't mind leaving the couple alone for a few more days.
Khan and Liiza knew that their role in the crisis was over, but they couldn't disperse the worry that the elder's words had caused. Countless possibilities crossed their minds as they hugged each other silently. They didn't know what Liiza's great-grandmother meant, but they couldn't appease that awful sensation anyway.
'What can even happen?' Khan often found himself asking that question in his mind.
