Thalia's Ashen Fate
Then, I settled myself against the trunk, a silent sentinel facing the town square where they would arrive.
Drawing on my mana, I wove a cloak of invisibility around my form, muffling my scent, sound, and presence from the world. Time became a slow river. Minutes bled into an hour. Anxious energy thrummed through me, a frantic rhythm against the patient stillness of the oak. Where were they? I stood up. My pacing wore a faint path in the grass before I forced myself into stillness.
Then I felt it—not with my eyes or ears, but with my very soul. A sharp, violent tear in the fabric of mana.
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