LOGINLira's POV We traveled through the night. Walking was not easy, but the pain did not feel as strong. Almira stayed close and supported me whenever the path was covered in stones.Alura moved ahead with sharp focus. Her eyes stayed on the forest around us. Even the smallest movement made her turn quickly, her hand going straight to the dagger at her side.It was clear she had not forgotten what happened to her during the war. The fear was still there, hidden under the way she carried herself.Damien kept his attention on the map in his hands. He barely looked up as he walked. No matter how much I tried to see what was on it, the markings made no sense to me.After a short distance, voices began to rise in the air. It sounded like a gathering. There was laughter, distant howls, and the crackle of what felt like a bonfire.Damien lifted his head and listened. Then he turned to us and the carriage rider.“You will take another route to the smaller settlements,” he said. “We meet here on
Lira's POV We traveled through the night. Walking was not easy, but the pain did not feel as strong. Almira stayed close and supported me whenever the path was covered in stones.Alura moved ahead with sharp focus. Her eyes stayed on the forest around us. Even the smallest movement made her turn quickly, her hand going straight to the dagger at her side.It was clear she had not forgotten what happened to her during the war. The fear was still there, hidden under the way she carried herself.Damien kept his attention on the map in his hands. He barely looked up as he walked. No matter how much I tried to see what was on it, the markings made no sense to me.After a short distance, voices began to rise in the air. It sounded like a gathering. There was laughter, distant howls, and the crackle of what felt like a bonfire.Damien lifted his head and listened. Then he turned to us and the carriage rider.“You will take another route to the smaller settlements,” he said. “We meet here on
Lira's POV We traveled through the night. Walking was not easy, but the pain did not feel as strong. Almira stayed close and supported me whenever the path was covered in stones.Alura moved ahead with sharp focus. Her eyes stayed on the forest around us. Even the smallest movement made her turn quickly, her hand going straight to the dagger at her side.It was clear she had not forgotten what happened to her during the war. The fear was still there, hidden under the way she carried herself.Damien kept his attention on the map in his hands. He barely looked up as he walked. No matter how much I tried to see what was on it, the markings made no sense to me.After a short distance, voices began to rise in the air. It sounded like a gathering. There was laughter, distant howls, and the crackle of what felt like a bonfire.Damien lifted his head and listened. Then he turned to us and the carriage rider.“You will take another route to the smaller settlements,” he said. “We meet here on
Lira's POV We traveled through the night. Walking was not easy, but the pain did not feel as strong. Almira stayed close and supported me whenever the path was covered in stones.Alura moved ahead with sharp focus. Her eyes stayed on the forest around us. Even the smallest movement made her turn quickly, her hand going straight to the dagger at her side.It was clear she had not forgotten what happened to her during the war. The fear was still there, hidden under the way she carried herself.Damien kept his attention on the map in his hands. He barely looked up as he walked. No matter how much I tried to see what was on it, the markings made no sense to me.After a short distance, voices began to rise in the air. It sounded like a gathering. There was laughter, distant howls, and the crackle of what felt like a bonfire.Damien lifted his head and listened. Then he turned to us and the carriage rider.“You will take another route to the smaller settlements,” he said. “We meet here on
Lira's POV We traveled through the night. Walking was not easy, but the pain did not feel as strong. Almira stayed close and supported me whenever the path was covered in stones.Alura moved ahead with sharp focus. Her eyes stayed on the forest around us. Even the smallest movement made her turn quickly, her hand going straight to the dagger at her side.It was clear she had not forgotten what happened to her during the war. The fear was still there, hidden under the way she carried herself.Damien kept his attention on the map in his hands. He barely looked up as he walked. No matter how much I tried to see what was on it, the markings made no sense to me.After a short distance, voices began to rise in the air. It sounded like a gathering. There was laughter, distant howls, and the crackle of what felt like a bonfire.Damien lifted his head and listened. Then he turned to us and the carriage rider.“You will take another route to the smaller settlements,” he said. “We meet here on
Lira's POV We traveled through the night. Walking was not easy, but the pain did not feel as strong. Almira stayed close and supported me whenever the path was covered in stones.Alura moved ahead with sharp focus. Her eyes stayed on the forest around us. Even the smallest movement made her turn quickly, her hand going straight to the dagger at her side.It was clear she had not forgotten what happened to her during the war. The fear was still there, hidden under the way she carried herself.Damien kept his attention on the map in his hands. He barely looked up as he walked. No matter how much I tried to see what was on it, the markings made no sense to me.After a short distance, voices began to rise in the air. It sounded like a gathering. There was laughter, distant howls, and the crackle of what felt like a bonfire.Damien lifted his head and listened. Then he turned to us and the carriage rider.“You will take another route to the smaller settlements,” he said. “We meet here on
Lira's POV The machine hissed again. I'd lost count of the number of times after forty-something. It turns out that the dramatic "drift into the darkness" I felt when I first attached it wasn't some mystical vision. I'd just fallen asleep because I was exhausted.My fingers trembled as I pulled ou
Lira's POV The air felt thinner here. It didn't carry the scents I was used to. It was filled with the sounds of engines, voices and laughter. I lifted my head and saw the city stretch out before me. In the lands, everything was natural, the swaying of the trees and the stone earth always in conta
Lira's POV The dim lights of the lab flickered above. I tried to move but my limbs felt weightless. My body felt detached. I was standing in the lab but it looked slightly different. It didn't take me long to realise that I was having another vision.A woman stood in the middle of the room, her ba
Tarlock’s POVThe sun shone brightly over the Tarlock Valley, its rays reflecting on the slate roofs and wheat fields that stretched for miles. From the balcony of my manor, I watched the dust rise in the distance, the envoy returning from the Blackthorne lands. A small smile formed at the corner o







