Bloodbound Destiny
Flames danced across charred bones, and only fragments of boiling flesh remained, and yet for all I could see the fire, it seemed like its fingers were made of ice.
The impulse to run flooded me, but I simply pulled in a trembling breath, allowing the apparition to bring me to my knees.
It knelt next to me, graciously withdrawing its hand, which it used to indicate lower. “Look.” Just like when it had spoken to me when we’d left Mystic Rune pack to travel to Vadan, the specter’s voice rasped horribly, making me want to flinch.
To run.
Instead, I listened. And gazed. Wings flapped through the trees, and I saw flickers of a bird in flight. I disregarded it, seeking for what the specter had led
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