The Bite of Rejection

MAEVIA

Vance left the guild district shortly after the severance pact was completed. I remained standing near the stone steps for a while, trying to steady the strange emptiness in my chest.

The severance document had ended my ties to the Drakos household, yet the feeling of finality had not settled the way I expected.

Eventually, I began walking back toward my restoration workshop.

The artisan d