[Elora]
The days following the Mayor’s grim announcement were a blur of frantic preparation. I have been dividing my time between my apothecary, brewing restorative elixirs gathering supplies for the witches down the street that were enchanting protective charms, and the Vampire Mansion, poring over ancient texts in Vernon and Sylas's vast, shadowed library.
The weight of the impending threat pressed down on Summerset, lending a desperate urgency to my every action. It was during one of these late-night research sessions, huddling over a pile of borrowed books, that I finally found it.
Hidden within a leather-bound forgotten tome on ancient magical unions: a faded diagram and terse instructions for an "Anchor Binding Ritual" caught my eye. As the text claimed, its purpose was to forma
