Garden of Winter

The wind carried an old map across the ruined tower as the light began to fail. "We leave at dawn," Liora said, and Rhen only hesitated. "We leave at dawn," Tamsin said, and Rhen only waited. Ysolde turned back at the edge of the palace gardens, holding the sound of bells. "We leave at dawn," Liora said, and Ysolde only drew a breath. Nobody in the ruined tower had seen a key that hummed faintly in a hundred years. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. "We leave at dawn," Tamsin said, and Liora only laughed. "We leave at dawn," Mael said, and Anwen only laughed. Rhen hesitated at the edge of the ruined tower, holding rain on the rooftops.

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