Chapter 20 The Heartfire Trial

• The sky above the Emberlands burned with a crimson dawn as Elara and Kael departed the Ebon Spire. A hushed reverence settled over their small party—just the two of them now, for the journey to the Ember Temple required solitude. The Flameguard had warned: Only the destined may pass. All others will be turned away.
• The path ahead was riddled with danger. The Ember Temple lay beyond the Scorched Chasm, an ancient rift said to be a wound left behind from when the gods themselves had warred in fire and light. No mortal had crossed it in centuries.
• But Elara was no longer just mortal.