Midnight Whisper

soft blue and gold hues, spreading over the sea like a comforting blanket. Lyra stood outside her mother's stone

't slept

hearing since last n

ords without mouths, pleading without form. And the voic

or

Tidewarden. But she is very aware that yesterday, she had been having

p early,".

ill looking pale but more stable than before. In the day light, the scars on his skin were mor

here?" Lyra asked, star

efore she sea

se ever came l

eal itself to just anyone." Ethan paus

what exactly are

their blood. Those who remember things they haven't experi

e a curse."

But it can a

e path that led down to the cli

g I want to show

there gleamed in soft shades of turquoise, stirring gently. In the c

ol of First Mem

curious of what it

own memory, but of your lineage's. Your mother's memories, her

ated. "Wil

e truth its

breath, she st

he bowl's edge, the water began to rippl

longer in

ass beneath a fiery sky. In front of her was a woman dressed in armor made

oman

her m

hape was similar, but

s an an

an said, though her lips

you?" L

irst daughter of the Tide

and placed her han

sorrow. Let me give

nly, memories surged into

ith teeth like coral and eyes like darkness. Gates were built

fter generation-standing as guardians, g

s weakened, Eli

aid softly. "Or maybe a ne

vision

d back from the pedesta

aught her. "Wha

." Lyra wiped her face-she hadn't even realized sh

d now that respon

or a moment, feeling the weight

a... do you know why you

oked u

uage. It also means 'strength from sorrow

hrough her mind like a w

t just

said. "If I'm going to face this.... I ca

"I was hoping

f the Whisperborn, how to call echoes from the sea, how to turn her pai

found it

memories rushed in-grief too heavy fo

e collapsed, her

," she w

de her. "You will. This isn't just about ha

sky turned a dee

the horizon-fast, s

f the cliffs, his eyes da

ra asked

who lost their voices... now s

sted from

. Elders began to li

pounded. "W

fire in his eyes. "We fight.

hed for

t feel like just a girl tryin

like a Wh

dn't whisper w

a