Chapter 116

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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.

squeaked. "When could you do

He chuckled. "Recently."

his hand. "Could we speak privately for a

we floated and drifted through the shadows of

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our chambers, the fire was still crackling softly in the hearth. Tsuneo guided me to a chair and kneeled beside as tears started to slip down my

grounding me in the

was her daughter," I murmured, my voice barely audible. "Pyra's daughter... Siora. She looked just like Anya. She...

his eyes searching mine for

he blinked

don't you start

of what I had seen. "Anya looks

I eyed him. "You know

for a moment before he clenched his

the last time there

winced. "She's quiet... I don't think she meant to remember. I'm not sure if she meant to show it to

her pain, her silence, and the fire that burned inside her. Pyra had lost so much in that war, and now, as we faced the Convening of the Celestial Compass, her grief and rage were a part of me, just as

didn't understand was this low-level and persistent sense of fear.

with Maya in her private

hope everything

"Sorry, I just...

d

Pyra still wasn't speaking to

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will be here

lot, she had suffered greatly, but she was strong. Pyra's desire to coddle her

much had already been taken from her. I sat down and

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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