MEND ME IF YOU CAN.
His voice was almost a whisper — not of sorrow, but of reverence.
They found shelter before dawn, an abandoned outpost half-swallowed by the mountain. The air there was thick with silence, the kind that hums just before the earth remembers something terrible. The walls were etched with faded runes — the symbols of the first Sanctum, carved by those who once believed they could bind gods with faith.
Elara busied herself with the fire, while Soren wandered the perimeter, fingertips brushing over the weathered markings. His touch lingered on one rune, and suddenly warmth bloomed beneath his palm — faint at first, then searing.
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