Fire in the Dark

Vaelia

The suffocating tension of the council meeting left me dreading tomorrow’s mandatory bonding ceremony. Zarek looked at me with nothing but cold disdain, making his contempt clear to every elder in the room. Trapped within the massive, oppressive stone walls of the castle, I wandered aimlessly out into the moonlit garden. I needed fresh air. I needed to clear my chaotic head before I lost m