The question hung in the air like a blade.
Why are you here?
Seraphina's shoulder twitched. Her fingers rested on hilts that had seen cleaner days. She kept her face calm, but something tightened beneath the calm.
The corridor did not blink. Obsidian walls took light and gave back a dull reflection. Even breathing sounded smaller here. The stone drank heat and handed back a chill through the soles of her boots.
The answer wasn't in the stone. It lived in old heat.
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[You have completed "Make it to the safe zone" Quest.]
[You have received six pages of The Moon Castle's lore (4, 9, 13, 22, 26, 31), a part of the Gravehaven Isle's Lore.]
The safe zone had given her shelter and a hand‑me‑down prize.
She read the window twice. Once to be sure. Once to be angry. A page, not a potion or armor, and not a way to keep anyone else upright.
Seraphina folded the page and slid it into her jacket. She left before the stew cooled.
