Henry’s POVThe morning sun was just a pale glow on the horizon when I slipped into the apothecary’s workshop. Shelves lined with jars of petals, roots, and odd ingredients beckoned me. After last night’s revelations, shadow beasts, corrupted runes, venom in my blood, I needed more than steel. I needed magic.I’d been studying some old alchemy notes when I found the recipe hinting at a “Moonroot Elixir,” said to draw out dark taint from soil or flesh. The instructions were incomplete, but better than nothing. I gathered a vial of Moonroot, silvery-blue herbs that only blossomed under a full moon, mixed with ground quartz, dragonfly wings, and a pinch of my own hair as a binding agent. The work was painstaking: precise measurements, careful stirring, hushed incantations beneath my breath.As dawn warmed the room, the potion shimmered in the lantern light. I hesitated, handed it to one of the healers, Diane, who peered at it with wide eyes. “Are you sure?” she asked.I nodded. “It needs
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