Elixir: Fated To The Three Alpha
And I believed him
Even if part of me still wondered
If I could keep them safe from me
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But just before dawn, as the sky began to gray, the sigil on my arm flared once more
Not gold
Not black
But violet
A blend of both
And I heard it
A voice that wasn’t mine, wasn’t hers
New
Unclaimed
Elixir, it whispered, you are no longer gate or flame
You are becoming something else entirely
I opened my eyes
And the stars above the Grove blinked out
One by one
The stars didn’t flicker—they vanished
One by one, pinpricks of light were swallowed by an invisible veil above the Grove. There was no wind. No sound. Just the cold hush of something watching from beyond what eyes could see