The forest was engulfed in an oppressive silence. The air buzzed with tension as a pillar of light shot into the heavens, its radiance blinding and all-consuming.
Grand Elder Yorowin's crimson gaze gleamed with anticipation as he fixated on the light. With a slight shift of his focus, Candence and the other Resonara, still immobilized, were suddenly yanked into the air, hovering behind Yorowin like marionettes, unable to move.
Their gazes trembled as they stared at the towering pillar of light, its intensity growing with every passing second.
'Don't tell me…' Candence's thoughts spiraled. His assumptions clawed at his mind, forcing him to confront the possibility. He had been wondering where Atticus had disappeared to. The scouts accompanying him had reported seeing him move deeper into the forest.
But what if… what if the reason they had been spared was because of Atticus?
