The Unyielding Bloom

Previously

…Elara looked at the faces around her – the relieved smiles of the villagers, the renewed hope in the eyes of the guardians. She had been afraid, so terribly afraid. But in facing the darkness, she had found a strength within herself, a power that was as beautiful as it was potent. The bloom of defiance had not only protected her sanctuary, but it had also revealed the true, unyielding power of life itself. The fight was over, for now. The bloom had not only survived, it had triumphed. And in its radiant victory, the sanctuary, and Elara herself, had been forever changed.