I was reborn

Previously

…The encampment, once a beacon of hope and defiance, now felt like a place where illusions could be shattered, where loyalties could be tested to their breaking point. He walked through the dim light, his senses on high alert, searching for the subtle signs that might betray Seraphina, or reveal the true extent of Valerius’s machinations. The night air, usually a balm, now felt thick with unspoken threats, and the faint scent of ozone seemed to cling to the very fabric of his thoughts. He couldn’t shake the feeling that the serpent’s coil was tightening, and that the next turn of its body might reveal a betrayal he was not prepared to face.