Lily’s Realms: Secrets of Magic and Destiny
Later that afternoon, the castle mages were summoned again.
This time, they did not test her.
They studied.
Watched.
Recorded.
And one by one, their expressions changed from confusion to awe.
“Your aura isn’t celestial,” the oldest mage murmured.
“It’s something else.”
“It’s both,” Lily said quietly.
Because she understood it now.
Light that chose to fall.
Power that refused submission.
The first true test came at sunset.
Without warning.
Without diplomacy.
The sky split.
Not with lightning.
With fracture.
A tear in the air above the eastern valley shimmered into existence — dark at the center, rimmed with pale fire.