Chapter 118: The Deepening Rhythm
Spring came to the Whispering Barrens not with a riot of blossoms, but with a stubborn, quiet greening. Finn's reports, now carried by a regular courier from Frosthold, told of progress measured in small, hard-won victories. The family of settlers Davin, Maren, and their two young sons had proved resilient. Together, they had cleared the crumbling stones of the old homestead, and with Lyra's guidance, had laid a new foundation that incorporated not only the gifted Lysian singing stone, but also Aurora's beach stone and stones from the settlers' own lost home in the south.
