Chapter 52 The Temple

Darkness clung to the periphery of the Sanctum, an uncomfortable stillness falling over the formerly thronged grove. Kaiza and Mina stood in the wake, panting and weary, their minds still reeling from the discovery of Mina's awakened power. Aelthir lingered as a ghostly presence at their side, his ethereal form trembling in the flickering light of the obelisk's dying radiance. Mina's golden eyes, dulled by the blinding rush of energy she had released, flashed with doubt. She laid a hand against her chest, sensing the lingering heat of power running beneath her skin. The flame within her had flared up without warning, uninvited and unstoppable. And now, it had marked her as a target.