The afternoon sun hung low over the western ridges, casting long, golden shadows across the snow-dusted pines of the Blackwood sanctuary. Kaelen walked along the secluded mountain trail, wrapped in a heavy charcoal woolen cloak lined with silver fur. The suffocating tension of the council chamber had left her skin itching for open air and solitude. Half a mile from the fortress walls, hidden within a natural amphitheater of ancient…
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