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Seren’s First Death

Author: Tyson Roy
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-04 15:54:49

The trees had teeth.

That was the first thought Seren had as she ran, frost crunching underfoot, pine branches slashing her skin with every desperate stride. They clawed at her arms, tore at her cloak, but she didn’t stop. Couldn’t.

Behind her, the Dustborn scouts moved like smoke through the wilds, silent, masked, relentless.

The wolves were nowhere.

Mourne had vanished at first light, promising to “find answers.” But answers didn’t bleed. And Seren was bleeding.

The ambush came just after dawn.

One moment, she was climbing the slope of a ruined ridge. Next, black arrows rained from the trees. One missed her ear by an inch. Another tore a line down her thigh. Her body moved on instinct, ducking, rolling, running.

Now she was alone.

She burst into a clearing, a hollow of stone where old roots strangled forgotten statues. At the center: a broken moonstone column, half-buried in ash and snow. Her heart pounded in her ears.

Think. Breathe. Fight.

But she had no weapon.

Only the fire in h
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