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The Storm

Author: Dammy Anad
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-19 21:18:41

Nyra’s POV

The land was changing.

Not just the soil or the scent of the wind, but the way it felt underfoot. Every morning I walked through the garden before the sun had fully risen, toes brushing the damp grass, palms skimming the leaves. I didn’t know if it was instinct or something deeper, but I could feel it. The pulse of something ancient stirring.

Every flower that bloomed out of season whispered of things beyond our control. The sickness that had crept like a shadow through our borders was retreating, but its memory clung to us.

Even in the moments of calm, I didn’t forget how easily it had slipped in.

Inside the estate, I kept to a quiet rhythm. I learned what I could from the old scrolls in the studies. The ones Draven never touched, not out of neglect but because they were written in a dialect most had long forgotten. The Seer had once told me knowledge would be my greatest armor, and I took those words to heart.

Power, no matter how potent, can be stripped away. But wisdom?
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