The team returned to the city and split up to cover more ground. Sophia and Remi scoured old channels in the trade district, while Kael followed a whisper about a relic broker offering “mirror-bound” artifacts.
Every whisper ended the same way.
Empty.
Myra visited three shrines to seek clearer visions. All three responded with nothing but static and cracked symbols.
“It’s like the Moonstone’s been wiped,” she said. “Scrubbed from the threads of the realm.”
Sophia stared at the ancient stone of the city square, feeling the pressure build behind her eyes.
“Dead ends,” she murmured. “Again.”
“We’ll find something,” Remi offered gently.
But Sophia didn’t answer.
Because even she was starting to wonder...
What if they were too late?
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The storm had passed, but the city of Asterwyn s
