Bound to The Enemy of My Mate
“My lady, the notes are incomplete. We are missing something fundamental. The metal… it needs to be stronger than any steel we know how to make.”
The head alchemist, a frail man named Pyre, nodded in agreement. “The Vorlagian powder is different. There is an ingredient, a process we cannot decipher.”
Elira felt the six-month deadline looming over her like a executioner’s axe.
It was Finn who approached her one evening, his face cautious. “My lady, there is a… rumor. A difficult one.”
“Tell me,” Elira said, her voice tired.
“They say there is a man, a smith, living in the slums of the outer city. He is Vorlagian. A runaway, they say. Lived here for years in poverty. They say his work is… unus