Elay POV
Even before the light started to fade, Elay felt the exhaustion weighing down on her from the overuse of her magic. She tried her best to keep her legs steady, not wanting to give in to the fatigue. Suddenly, her attention was caught by a figure in the distance.
As she approached, Elay saw that the figure was a tall man with broad shoulders and an imposing chest. What struck her as odd was that he was wearing only thin pyjama bottoms, revealing a number of dark tattoos that stretched down his arm and across his chest.
Elay couldn't help but wonder about the tattoos' significance, but her focus was quickly drawn to the thin slippers on his feet. The sight was so contradictory to the rest of his imposing figure that she couldn't help but be surprised.
“Rue?” she heard him say as
