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Whispers Of The Forgotten Realms

Chapter 2 Stormborn

Word Count: 1806    |    Released on: 18/05/2025

arged air of the top floor. Aria leaned against the cool me

ell had ju

her touch. And that moment - that spark between them. It wasn't jus

nder her breath. "Lightbea

onto the lobby, but it might as

checked his watch. A woman typed on a tablet. The receptionist gave her a polite nod

rain, it was as if the city

rm had

it sideways. Rain soaked her hair in seconds, plas

d gold and the look in Darian Va

eady. She pressed her back to the brick wall, trying to ground herself. The city sounds faded in

had h

aken... the Dragon wi

her eyes at in college. But she'd seen that fire. Felt the heat. And th

ran thr

Had her mot

shaped like a teardrop. Her mother's. The only piece she had left. She opened

u really?" s

clang sta

movement at the edge of the alley. A shadow s

she cal

ans

hum, like static electricity thickening

kled. Every inst

ed - and

violet eyes in the

en it

th skin like charred stone and claws like obsidian. It swiped at her, missing

e hissed, t

heart hammering, ha

closed aroun

lo

th

gh

he creature with a crack like thunder. It shrieked and flew ba

red at h

d from her palm - soft a

. the h

arled, staggeri

again, a wave of golden fi

t the heat. The creature shr

re van

of the alley, drenched and

yes glowed i

ttacked this soon," he said,

at him. "You

ou. There's

head. "What wa

est your power. Or kill y

rian was at her side in

u," he said,

red. "Like... like a f

brushing wet hair from

an to- I did

t knows how to protect

fear slowly melting into

ptic half-truths. If I'm really in the middle of somethin

her for a momen

come w

wh

torm rolled above them, lightn

that can tell you

d, venomous hiss of its breath as it lunged at her. The way her body had reacted. H

st afraid. Sh

e air between them, crackl

d her to her feet. "You're still in shock," he

, though her hands still trembled. "No.

expression unreadable. "But right

seful. The rain drenched him, but it didn't seem to touch his skin. It on

at she'd seen. The alley was quiet now. The remnants of the shadowspawn

suddenly, her voice firm, though

impossibly intense golden eyes. For a moment, he said nothin

d is changing. You felt it tonight. And there are those who

ide

, the faint shimmer still g

betraying the fear she was trying to keep buried.

despite his calm demeanor. "Because of your bloodline. Your mother's bloodline. I

hadn't known much about her - only that she had been beautiful, strong, and tragically lost to an illness when Aria was still a b

railed off, not wanting to hear the words,

one of the last true Lightbearers. A rare, almos

earer? That's some kin

"It's not a fairy tale. It's real. Your power, Aria, has

felt the blood drain from her face. "That thing... t

here are others who will seek you out. Those

the way the locket had reacted to her touch. She wanted to say something - to tell him that she didn't believe him, that it co

ia demanded, her voice rising. "Why let me walk into t

in? "Because it was never supposed to happen this way. You were supposed to be protected.

"What does that mea

th me. I'll take you to the only place that can help you understand wh

oing to let m

ul smile. "You're

ng. She had questions - so many questions. But one t

hough her mind was still racing. "Tak

le widened.

firm but gentle. And this time, when he touched her, the warmth tha

. It was a step into a world she had never kno

: Aria Monroe was no long

ething much

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1 Chapter 1 The Interview2 Chapter 2 Stormborn3 Chapter 3 The Unseen Path4 Chapter 4 The Path Of Power5 Chapter 5 Unforeseen Challenges6 Chapter 6 The Weight Of The World7 Chapter 7 Unseen Forces8 Chapter 8 The Enemy's Whiaper9 Chapter 9 The Maps Of Shadows10 Chapter 10 Through the Rift11 Chapter 11 The Flame That Remembers12 Chapter 12 The Crimson Warden13 Chapter 13 Echoes Of The Gate14 Chapter 14 The Guardian Who Doesn't Sleep15 Chapter 15 The Heart Of The Flames16 Chapter 16 The City That Remembers17 Chapter 17 The Road To Solas18 Chapter 18 Into The Ashen Desert19 Chapter 19 The Heart Of The Rift20 Chapter 20 The Final Stand21 Chapter 21 The Calm After The Storm22 Chapter 22 A New Dawn23 Chapter 23 Paths Forward24 Chapter 24 Unraveling Secrets25 Chapter 25 Allies In The Shadows26 Chapter 26 Into The Fire27 Chapter 27 Confrontation28 Chapter 28 The Heart of Darkness29 Chapter 29 The Ember That Wouldn't Die30 Chapter 30 A Flame In The Dark31 Chapter 31 The Mother Of Fire32 Chapter 32 No Fate But Ours33 Chapter 33 The Bond Eternal34 Chapter 34 Beneath The Rift35 Chapter 35 The Crown And The Flame36 Chapter 36 The Flame Remembers37 Chapter 37 Ashes And Ambitions38 Chapter 38 The Ember Oath39 Chapter 39 The Order Without Flame40 Chapter 40 The Ashborn Memory41 Chapter 41 The Flame That Betrays42 Chapter 42 The Doubts43 Chapter 43 The Flame That Forgets44 Chapter 44 The Price Of Power45 Chapter 45 A Choice Carved In Silence46 Chapter 46 Beneath The Quiet Lies47 Chapter 47 The Mask Beneath The Crown48 Chapter 48 Trial Of The Spire49 Chapter 49 The Breach Beneath The Vale50 Chapter 50 The Echo Crown51 Chapter 51 Into The Rift52 Chapter 52 Ashes Of Memory53 Chapter 53 The Watching Thing54 Chapter 54 The Mirror Gate55 Chapter 55 Beneath The Broken Sky56 Chapter 56 Silence Before The Storm57 Chapter 57 The Shape Of The Enemy58 Chapter 58 Aftershocks59 Chapter 59 The Door Beyond The Rift60 Chapter 60 The Choice Beyond Worlds