Battery

Previously

…Elias remained by the dying embers of the lamp, the rough stone still warm in his pocket. He looked out of the cavern’s hidden entrance, towards the distant, glittering spires of the elite’s city. The adventure had truly begun, and the path ahead was fraught with peril, but for the first time since witnessing the horrors of the soul-draining, Elias felt a flicker of true hope. He knew, with a certainty that settled deep in his bones, that they had to try. They had to fight for the spark, for the souls, for a future where life was not a commodity to be harvested, but a flame to be cherished. The rebel’s call had been answered.