Ashes Of Betrayal

ud. The chill made its way down to her bones, but it was no match for the frigid emptiness of steel that had taken residence in her chest. Days had gone by or maybe

he betrayal on loop, like a scratched record she couldn't switch off. The coolness in kael's eyes, the triumphant grin on Se

s, her voice rough from lack of 

ows that pressed ever closer with each hour. But at that moment, just when s

they fe

w and melodic, and had an otherworldly quality that made he

?" She insis

a woman, her features sharp and elegant, her eyes glowing like embers in the night

, with a calmness in her voice. "A

ifying, but also mesmerizing, like looking into the eye

them take everything from you. "Or you can rise

th caught.

ile. "The power of vengeance. The abili

. But then she thought of the cold, calculating look on Kael's face when he looked at her, how easily

n do you have? You are not in training as of October 2023. The wo

, to hold on to her humanity by the last threads. But the memory of Kael's betrayal chu

ying to keep her voice steady even thou

omething dangerous gleam in her eyes

art pounded, but she didn't turn her gaze. "Die?"

a second chance. The opportunity to come back stronger, more powerful than they could ever

this cell, alone and broken, was worse. She thought of Kael, of Seraphine, of all those who had wronged he

ce steady notwithstanding the f

ll. But wait, Evelyn Ashford, this is not a g

meant, Liora raised her hand, and

o spring to life, sinuous and pulsing like some kind of sentient being. Liora's voice rose into a chant, the words strange and

g torn, her being disassembled. And then, right when she figured she couldn't take

winds of eternity roaring, the earth echoing underfoot, remember the only home you had in your stomach, and know that what you need is tell

s the land of the lost, where the spirits of the brokenhe

supernatural light. She felt changed stronger, crisper, as if the ritual ha

d, her voice steady,

p, knowing smile