Fractured
She felt the pulse of life again, fragile but real, trembling in her hands.
But the corruption surged back.
Black veins spread like cracks across the leaves, the color shriveling, fading back to grey. The little tree shuddered once, then sagged. The fragile green was snuffed out, as though mocked for its brief defiance.
A sob tore from Mirra’s chest. It was not the gentle weeping of grief but a guttural, broken sound wrenched from her soul. Her magic recoiled, raw and spent, leaving her trembling with weakness.
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