The ruins were quiet now, unnervingly quiet. The echoes of the battle—the clang of blades, the guttural roars, the cries of pain—had faded into the suffocating stillness that followed only after death had claimed its fill. Dust still floated lazily through the air, illuminated by the fractured glow of the blood-red moon, yet every mote seemed heavy, as though weighed down by grief.Elora stood at the heart of it all, her breath shallow, her body trembling from exhaustion. Her hands were smeared with blood—some hers, some not. The crimson stains clung stubbornly to her pale skin, reminders of every strike, every choice, every sacrifice. She stared at them blankly, as if they belonged to someone else.Her silver hair, once radiant beneath the moon, hung in disarray across her face. Strands stuck to her damp cheeks, where silent tears had carved trails through the dirt and ash. She hadn’t realized she was crying until her vision blurred, the ground beneath her sw
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