A Secretary Affair
The golden light wrapped around the city like a gentle cloak, chasing away every last trace of gray mist.
The air smelled sweet with blooming vines and damp stone, and the silence that once felt heavy now hummed with quiet life.
People stepped fully from the shadows families, elders, young ones and their faces bright with wonder as they touched the walls, breathed deep, and embraced one another as if waking from a centuries-long slumber.
Trev stood beneath the great tree, watching it all. The relic rested deep within its core, glowing in perfect time with his own heartbeat.
He felt lighter than he had in ages no secret burden, no quiet fear of failing some impossible standard. He was just hi