Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Elara, Kael, and Master Borin fall into a hidden cavern beneath the First City, where they discover an ancient seal that can close the sky fracture permanently. Master Borin reveals that the seal requires a living spirit to anchor it from within the Burning Lands. Kael volunteers, but Elara refuses to let him go alone. As the giant shadow begins to tear through the fracture, Elara makes a desperate choice to enter the Burning Lands with Kael, leaving Master Borin behind to guard the seal.
The darkness swallowed them whole. Elara felt the wind rush past her, her hand still clenched around Kael's. She heard Master Borin's staff clatter against stone somewhere below, and then a soft thud, followed by silence.
She landed on something soft—ash, she realized, piled deep like snow. For a moment, she lay still, catching her breath. The air was cooler here, away from the flames above. A faint blue glow emanated from the walls, casting long shadows across a vast underground chamber.
"Kael?" she whispered.
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