My Dairy

Previously

…"For now." She looked down at the Sunstone, then at the map clutched in her other hand. The betrayal still stung, a raw wound in her heart, but beneath it, a new feeling was beginning to stir: a quiet determination. Silas was wrong. She did understand. The Sunstone wasn't just about power; it was about… something more. Something that resonated with the locket, with the whispers of her past. She looked towards the passage where Silas had disappeared, a grim resolve settling on her features. Her journey was far from over. It had, in fact, just become infinitely more dangerous. And she was no longer just a naive adventurer. She was a protector.