The Luna's Ultimatum

The vaulted chamber remained locked in paralyzed quiet, every set of lungs held captive by the crimson pool spreading across the etched stone flagstones. Torin lay broken and unmoving beneath the collective gaze of the allied ranks, while Valera stood over him without a single crease in her pale fabric.

Only Ophelia appeared entirely unable to digest the ruin at her feet. Her ribs heaved under ra