The Alchemist's Veil · 5

The Child's Illness

A humble cottage in Lirren. · The day after the Festival of Warding.

Elara is called upon to heal a gravely ill child, testing her resolve to use the Veil's power.

Elara hesitated. The power was intoxicating, but the figure’s words echoed in her mind. “What happened to him?” she asked. “He became part of the Nexus, neither living nor dead, a fragment of his ambition forever suspended. The veil demands balance. Each use of its power takes something in return. Will you pay the pri…

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