Chapter 5
The signs of life blooming across the land enthralled Trystan. They’d been traveling through Dreach-Sciene for almost a week now, he and a handful of his closest advisors and a large presence of soldiers at their back.
Trees that once reeked of death now stood vibrant and healthy, branches heavy with leaves and acorns reaching to the sky. Weathered grasses now swayed gently in the breeze, a sea of rippling green. Even the air seemed different. Pure and more invigorating. Or maybe it was the magic itself that sweetened the air.
He breathed it in deep, the freshness replaced the usual heavy dread in his chest with a new sense of hope. They’d done this. Him, Rissa, Alixa, Avery. Even Davi. They’d restored Dreach-Sciene’s magic. They’d given their people a fighting chance. Their c
