I leaned against the cold stone wall, arms crossed, eyes half-lidded as I chewed over the scraps of meat left in my mouth.
Ori was curled up beside me, digesting his stolen meal with an air of smug satisfaction.
Damn, selfish wolf.
The cavern stretched endlessly, its rocky ceilings lit by dim, flickering torches that barely illuminated the grotesque settlement of goblins and orcs scurrying about.
The deeper parts of this underground city were shrouded in darkness, but I had been here long enough to know that the orc lord's true base was somewhere beyond.
Just as I was about to let my thoughts drift, the heavy creak of the portal at the far end of the cavern pulled my attention back.
My eyes snapped toward it, watching as a group of goblins and orcs stepped through.
It wasn't unusual for new arrivals to come in, every day, more were dragged in from the outside, their terrified faces barely distinguishable in the dim light, but something about this group felt… different.
