The air was thick with the scent of blood and the crackle of tension as the battle erupted around me. Elias’s forces were fierce, but they were also outnumbered. The enemy was relentless, a sea of bodies crashing against the well-trained warriors that fought beside me. I had never imagined that I’d be here, on the frontlines, my heart pounding in my chest as my body moved almost of its own accord.
I fought with a ferocity that surprised even me. I had always been the one in the background, the quiet observer, the one who wasn’t supposed to matter. But with Elias beside me, with the stakes so high, something awakened inside me. A strength, a power, that I had never known existed.
"Focus, Lena!" Elias shouted as he cleaved through another enemy warrior, his eyes wild and determined. I nodd
