Z land

Previously

…She picked up the obsidian shard again, its edge still keen. “He offered you power. I offer you the truth. And the truth is, there is a way out. It’s dangerous, it’s difficult, but it exists. And I’m going to help you find it. Whether you believe me or not.” I looked from Elara’s determined face to the oppressive, alien landscape stretching out around us. Silas’s words echoed in my mind, a seductive whisper of a different path, a path of less resistance, of more control. But Elara’s honesty, her quiet desperation, felt more real, more tangible. The journal spoke of hope, of escape. Silas