Chapter 146

Nyxara’s POV

It’s been almost a day since I crossed through the portal with the Eclipse Pack army, leaving Oasis far behind. After so many years sealed within its magic boundaries, I’d nearly forgotten how stunning the outside world could be. Now I clutched my horse’s reins tighter and urged it onward, racing past emerald woodlands and a sleepy human village. I was closing in on the Capital, on the outskirts of North Central, and I’d been riding for hours without pause.

Escaping the army hadn’t been difficult once we left Oasis. I doubled back to our portal’s exit point, where for a moment I feared I’d lost my way entirely. Oasis itself is nearly impossible to spot from the outside—Valerius’s enchantments render it invisible, a secret hidden from raiders for decades. Before departing, I’d marked every twist and turn of its winding paths with subt