[Phreya]

Chapter: The Weight of the Moon

I lay in the verdant grass at the edge of the sanctuary forest, staring up into the pale morning sky, letting the cool breeze dance across my skin.

After the chaos of the plaza last night, an uncomfortable, suffocating tension hung over Emberfell. By dawn, the miracle of Tinsley’s resurrection had already become the only thing anyone in the territory could talk about.

While some saw it as a blessing, the council and clan elders viewed it with sheer ...