Chapter 116
CH116
Morgan.
I gasped, opening my eyes and looked up at Anya who looked down at me with concern.
"Lady Morgan, are you all right?"
back
The memory began to dissolve, the sounds retreated back into Pyra's memories, but I could shake the image of Siora's face contorted in shock. I could still smell the blood in the air. Her lifeless body ripped apart and thrown everywhere as the war raged on around her.
I swallowed and forced a smile, nodding. My heart pounding, tears stinging my eyes.
"Sorry, I just... had a vision, I think."
Anya's eyes widened. "You're a seer, Lady Morgan?"
I shook my head. "Not exactly."
I took a deep breath and stood. "Why don't you rest for a little while longer? We'll reconvene about this council business closer to lunch."
She nodded with a thankful murmur before lying back down. Pyra was oddly still and quiet in the back of my mind.
"Do you know where Tsuneo is?"
Haruka smiled. "Second lesson: listen to the palace.
I chuckled, nodding, feeling silly. I reached out, searching for him, when I found him growling and pacing in his office. He looked up as if he could feel me searching for him, then he vanished. "You needed me?"
I turned, gasping as he appeared behind me.
could
He chuckled. "Recently."
his hand. "Could
floated and drifted through the shadows
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softly in the hearth.
whispered, his voice grounding me in the
"Pyra's daughter... Siora. She looked just like
brow furrowed, his eyes searching mine for answers.
blinked it
start from
nodded, trying to make sense of what I had seen. "Anya looks
eyed him. "You know this
away, his expression blank for a moment before he clenched
shook his head. "We can talk at length about... the last time there was a Convening of the Celestial Compass and the hell
think she meant to remember. I'm not sure if she meant to show it to me either." I shuddered. "It's like she's grieving all
but along with it came a deep understanding-of her pain, her silence, and the fire that burned inside her.
I didn't understand was this low-level and persistent sense of fear. What had
to find Haruka. She was already sitting with Maya in her private parlor, laughing over tea and snacks. There was a stack of records on
I hope everything is
nodded. "Sorry, I
d
Pyra still wasn't speaking to
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be here
held it back. Anya had been through a lot, she had suffered greatly, but she was strong. Pyra's desire to coddle her was understandable, but she wasn't Siora. If she felt ready and able to contribute to the
been taken from her. I sat down and poured
"Sounds great."
Haruka
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