Location:Hidden Valley, Eastern Ranges — Luminari stone ring
Date/Time:Mid Frostforge, 9939 AZI — late afternoon
Realm:Lower Realm
The contract sat above Jayde's heart like a second pulse.
Yinxin had felt it since the day they'd made it — the small warm thread between them, steady as a candleflame in a room with no wind. She felt it now from the grass where her belly pressed cold meadow, her jaw locked open by the absolute authority, her silver scales flat against the earth, and the frost biting through to the soft underhide of her throat. She felt the contract, and she reached for it as she would have reached for her children's path — not grasping. Not pulling. Offering her hand in the dark.
Jayde. I need help.
