A Sunlit Farewell

Lyra

One week later.

It is morning, and the sun is shining over Aldoria with unusual intensity. The light pours through the castle’s enormous windows and spills across the stone floors, catching golden glints on the columns and the suits of armor that decorate the corridors. After so many days of gray skies and streets covered in rubble, it feels strange to see the kingdom bathed in such clean lig