Too Blind To See The True Lumina

carved wooden lanterns, hundreds of them, set to float down the Starlight Rive

riends it was a grand gesture for Victor

nown for its unsettling chill and the minor water sprites that dwelled within its

cy water. The cold bit deep, instantly. The water sprites, usually just faint whisp

ed, gasping as the

ttle further down, let out a theatrical little shriek and feigned a stumble. Michael' s head whipp

ve guards, the ones who patrolled the riverbanks, pulle

Victoria clinging to his arm,

e asked, his voice tight wi

"Her ankle, she might have twist

years ago, he' d found a small cut on my finger and had tearfully refused to let me even con

ll, sharp ritual knife he always carried and made a swift cut on my forearm. He pressed my arm, forcing

chill then, one that had no

s ago. It was meant to stabilize my spirit after I secretly endured a dangerous Resonance Trial – a trial like being struck by spiritual lightning – all to secur