My Dairy

Previously

…She looked back at the entrance to the clearing, the familiar, dappled sunlight of the forest now seeming distant and almost unreal. The farm, her sister, the life she was trying to escape – it all felt like a dream from another existence. Here, in this ancient, mysterious place, she was Elara Vance, the girl who could decipher the secrets of stone and spirit. With a determined nod, she stepped onto the first of the rough-hewn steps, Lyra a luminous guardian at her side. The darkness swallowed them whole, the sounds of the forest fading with each descent. The first trial was complete. But the journey, she knew, was far from over.