WANTED by the GODDESS

elt heavier

breath hung in the cold air, and every step seemed to echo through the silence of the forest. For years, she ha

ght. The wind stirred, carrying the distant scent of rain and something else -

supposed

s evading every patrol, every bounty hunter, and every curious villager who asked too many question

g in her chest. Her eyes met nothing but darkness, and the wh

called out, her v

ans

In the center of the clearing, hovering just above the earth, floated an ethereal sigil, pu

was no human magic. It wa

She stumbled back, shielding her eyes, and when the light faded, a s

ed... by the go

painfully. Wanted? By

family was slaughtered, the night she had barely escaped with her life, and the hidden t

lone figure standing at the gates of a great fortress, cloaked in shadows. E

h the air, carried on a

ght in her throat. Why him? Why her?

tion. She sensed it - a choice had been o

n. Forget she

whatever fate awaited her

de - a spark she thought had died long ago - stirred to

gil slowly faded, leaving nothing but the soft glow of moonligh

She had been hiding for so long. But cou

elt different - alive with unseen powe

the words tasting strange on

y visions of silver light and a woman with eyes like dusk. Destiny had begun to

ted by the go