*The night before the mission*
Delphine lay in the training chamber next to Seraphina.
The soft luminescence of the chamber's bioluminescent crystals cast a soothing glow, casting delicate shadows across the walls. Delphine's fingers traced the patterns they created and her thoughts drifting between the past, present, and the uncertain future that awaited her.
Ethan's face occupied a prominent place in her thoughts.
Tomorrow's mission meant she would finally see him again.
Finally, they would reunite and be together in the same place.
But alongside her excitement, there was an undercurrent of anxiety.
She imagined Coralia's frail form in the dark prison, her vitality slowly slipping away.
Delphine's determination to rescue her sister fueled her, but the thought of the dangerous mission ahead gnawed at her nerves.
Beside her, Seraphina's rhythmic breathing acted as a comforting presence.
