🥹I bolt upright. “You mean this same piece, or something like this?”“Yes, my lady. This same piece,” she adds.The west‑born elder—I pick my race.” I need to know where he got it. Straight to the hideout I go.“Where is the elder? The eldest elder of the West-born village?” I call.“He went to war,” someone says.“What?” My voice cracks. “Mom!” Elarion calls “Yes, light I’m coming,” I push into the chaos at the war front—smoke and dust choke the air, obscuring everything.“Where are you, elder?” I shout. No one seems to know him.I spin in circles, panic clawing at me. Finally, someone calls, “My lady!”I turn my head—and there he is.I rush to him, skidding through the dust and blood.“Why did you come to fight?” I ask, my voice breaking with urgency.He looks up at me, eyes dim but steady. “What do I live for, when my best friend has been gone for years? I was only waiting for a perfect opportunity to end it.”“No—you can’t die like this,” I say, shaking my head. “I’ll take yo
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