The Curse Within
A figure sat there, her eyes gleaming with a quiet fury, her hands resting in her lap as she watched me, unblinking.
“Elara…” I whispered again, the name falling from my lips like a prayer.
But before I could step forward, a cry echoed through the hall, a sound of pain, of anguish. The walls seemed to close in around me, the chamber growing darker, colder. I turned, my breath catching in my throat, and saw them—the women, their faces twisted in agony, trapped in the cells, reaching out for something they couldn’t touch, their voices pleading, their hands outstretched.
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