Echoes of the Forgotten God

Previously

…He looked at the wooden box, its soft light still pulsing, a silent testament to the mystery that had found him. The Whispering Woods had kept their secret for a long time, and now, it seemed, the secret had found its voice. And that voice, Elara was beginning to suspect, was his own. He didn't take Valerius's hand. Instead, he took a step back, the glade suddenly feeling too small, the shadows too deep. The path ahead was uncertain, fraught with a danger he was only beginning to glimpse, but for the first time, Elara felt a stir of something other than fear: a desperate, burgeoning resolve.