Chapter 21 The Guardian Of Whispers

• The wooden box Anya had indicated was old and smooth, its surface worn by countless touches.
• Lucian, with a gesture, offered it to Elara. As her fingers brushed the ancient wood, the faint whispers of Gorok’s darkness within her seemed to momentarily intensify, urging her to ignore it, to dismiss the oracle’s cryptic game.
• But Elara pushed back, a surge of defiant will rising to meet the challenge.