Nightmares

We travelled for what felt like days without stopping, but I knew was merely only hours, until my eyes felt like they were about to fall out of my head.

The sun had set long ago, and the almost full moon hanging in the dark, inky sky was a haunting reminder that time was running out. We didn’t have long to reach the desert before they sacrificed Elanora.

It was the ever-present thought that hung in the back of my mind, continuously being dragged to the front. Time was slipping through my fingers.

Deakin spoke very little as the time stretched out, seeming content with his own silence. I could slowly feel his magic starting to thrum back to life, its potency tingling along my spine, knowing that if he wanted to, he could simply incapacitate me. The rational part of my mind questioned as to whether it would work anymore, or if I was now stronger than his particular brand of magic.

When I finally brought Midnight to a stop late into the night, my body aching with fatigue and my stomac