Mia’s POVThe silence after the storm felt… wrong.Not peaceful.Not comforting.Wrong.I stood in the center of the restored bridge, my fingers still tingling from the magic that had poured through me. The air smelled of rain and ancient stone, but beneath it lingered another scent—something sweet and unfamiliar, like flowers blooming under moonlight.The Guardian was gone.The silver wolves had vanished.Only the glowing path remained.No one spoke.Not Brin.Not Liora.Not even Kael.For the first time since entering the Sacred Trials, every one of us seemed afraid to move.Then the bridge trembled.A low rumble echoed beneath our feet.The silver runes lining the stone brightened until they looked like rivers of liquid moonlight flowing toward the mountain ahead.“They’re showing us the way,” Liora whispered.Before anyone could respond, the mountain itself began to change.The cliff face split apart with a deafening crack.Ancient vines withered into dust.Massive slabs of rock s
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