The days passed by, and Mineah was just getting ready to sleep when another message came to her from Ebodia. Already, she was dreading just looking at it even as she did her best to be optimistic about things. Surely, this was good news. That her brother was finally free from the curse he had inadvertently gotten and that things were going well with their war…
"I'm just overthinking things," she told herself as she held the unopened letter in her hands. "This will be good news. Surely, I'm just overreacting."
Taking in as much courage as she could muster, Mineah let out a breath before opening the letter. Almost immediately, her courage evaporated as the contents of the letter made itself known to her.
"No… Surely, Brother wouldn't just disappear like that…"
She couldn't believe her eyes at what she just read. But the more that she read the letter in her hands, the more the reality of things started to settle in her mind.
