Wer hat mich verlassen

Previously

…With a final, unsettling glance, they turned and strode out of the office, leaving Elara trembling, the matron wringing her hands, and the distant sounds of chaos filtering in from the village. The blue light, the floating doll, the men in dark cloaks – it was all too much. But amidst the fear, a tiny ember of defiance began to glow within her. They wanted to control her? They wanted to extinguish her? She wouldn't let them. Whatever this power was, it was hers. And she would protect it.