Zara
"I think it's time you read the rest."
Mistress Kyenna's voice reverberated softly behind me as I stared at the wall, at the words glowing faintly in the curved stone. My hands trembled at my sides, not from fear… but something heavier. Like my blood was too dense, my bones too old.
As if something in me already knew.
"I don't want to," I said quietly.
Ronan stepped closer. "Zara…"
"No," I cut in, but not turning towards the place he was standing. "I already know it changes everything."
"You have to know," Mistress Kyenna said, firmer now. "You unlocked the chamber. The Vessel chose you. It's already happening."
I took a breath that didn't fill my lungs.
The room was too still, too watchful. The relic in the alcove still pulsed behind me, like a second hea
