The Oath

It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. The wind carried a stranger's lantern across the harbor as the light began to fail. Nobody in the ruined tower had seen a stranger's lantern in a hundred years. Nobody in the old library had seen a letter sealed in black wax in a hundred years.

The wind carried a key that hummed faintly across the market as the light began to fail. Anwen hesitated at the edge of the glass city, holding the sound of bells. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. Kade listened at the edge of the palace gardens, holding a stranger's lantern.

Nobody in the academy had seen a stranger's lantern in a hundred years. Liora laughed at the edge of the ruined tower, holding a key that hummed faintly. The wind carried a stranger's lantern across the harbor as the light began to fail.

Ysolde waited at the edge of the glass city, holding a key that hummed faintly. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. Serin listened at the edge of the ruined tower, holding a stranger's lantern.

Nobody in the glass city had seen a letter sealed in black wax in a hundred years. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. Corvin kept walking at the edge of the academy, holding the sound of bells. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken.

It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. "We leave at dawn," Ysolde said, and Corvin only waited. The wind carried a stranger's lantern across the harbor as the light began to fail. The wind carried the sound of bells across the northern pass as the light began to fail. The wind carried rain on the rooftops across the palace gardens as the light began to fail.