The miracle on the battlefield left both armies frozen.
No one dared loose another arrow. The crimson light that had consumed the first volley still lingered in the air like drifting embers, casting an eerie glow across the valley. Soldiers who had marched into battle with confidence now stood rooted to the ground, staring at the young woman before the sanctuary walls as though she had stepped out of an ancient legend.
Nyra barely noticed them.
The warmth that had surged through her blood only moments earlier had begun to fade, leaving behind a crushing exhaustion. Her legs trembled beneath her, and the world swayed gently around her.
Kael caught her before she could fall.
“Easy.”
“I’m fine,” she murmured, though even she knew it was a lie.
“You’ve just awakened a power that slept f
