Unexpected to Jude a visitor came to talk with him. Jude sat on the cold, hard floor of his cell, his gaze fixed on the distant sky visible through the small window. The solitude of his confinement weighed heavily upon him, each passing moment punctuated by a profound sense of uncertainty.
As he sat lost in his thoughts, a sudden shift in the air caught his attention. He turned, his eyes widening in surprise, to see a swirling black smoke coalescing before his very eyes. The smoke moved with purpose, like a living entity, and Jude's heart quickened with apprehension.
Before him, the amorphous mass of smoke began to take shape, a human form emerging from the swirling darkness. Jude's breath caught in his throat as he recognized the figure materializing before him. It was Elysia.
