Lorelei

The tower was cold, but I barely noticed.

I sat across from Xenophon, my hands trembling, my heart pounding in my chest. He had called me here urgently, his voice strained in a way I had never heard before. I knew something was wrong. I could feel it in the bond, in the dread that had been pressing against my chest for weeks.

"The curse," he said slowly, his voice heavy with a weight I didn't want to acknowledge. "I have confirmed what I feared. If it is not broken by the next Blue ...