Elowen
The silence that followed the vision was louder than any battle cry. I never imagined that I would see myself dying like that, especially in that moment. I sat there, my breath ragged in my throat staring at the blood-soaked ground where another version of me had just fallen.
Her… my body lay crumpled with the sword pierced through my stomach. It’s happened so fast. The other Elowen held onto the sword as she fell into Voridian’s arms.
“I’m going to die,” I whispered again, not because I needed to hear it, but because saying it aloud might make it real enough to understand.
“You won’t,” Voridian said beside me, his voice hoarse with denial. His arm wrapped tightly around my trembling body, grounding me even as everything else slipped out from beneath us.
But the truth was th
