"The Queen's Forgotten Oath"

ire burned low, casting flickering shadows on the forest floor. Despite th

toward Lysandra, who sat cross-legged, eyes closed, murmuring an incantation under her bre

?" Alaric asked, his voice

t smirk playing on her lips. "D

ng," he replie

ck on her hands. "I get it. You don't trust magic. But p

rust steel. Steel do

gic is as honest as the one wielding it. Just as you

d the subject. "What's your story, Lysandr

nce. When I was a young apprentice, my coven was accused of treason. False accusations, but deadly

softened. "That's a

her tone curious now. "Why

illage was raided. I lost everything-my family, my home. The Queen took me

the first time since their journey began, she felt

irst

eir journey through the Whispering Woods. The forest grew denser

uddenly, holding

instinctively going to

ysandra murmured, her

air grew heavy, and a low hum reverberated around them. A circle

c muttered, dr

e!" Lysand

, and the world around the

er of th

trees were colossal, their trunks twisting upward into a sky painted with hues of gold and v

came from the very forest itself. "You stand in the rea

aised. "We mean no harm, Keeper. We

and a witch. Curious companions. But words mean n

ction?" Lysandr

embled. From the earth rose three figures, their forms s

decide which path to follow, the sorcerer must reveal wha

at mean?" Ala

The knight pointed to one path, the sorcerer to anothe

ntly. "It's a riddle. A test of

ic said dryly

e

ly pointed toward a path shrouded in mist. "Thi

h a flickering light. She touched the light, revealin

eals what is hidd

tipped wildly as they approached, but Lysandra

side rested a small feather;

"We need to find balance b

his sword beside the iron, while Lysandra added her

owing brighter. "You have passed the

d, and the glade ret

gile

ic glanced at Lysandra.

for a knight," she

est weapon, but also their greatest challenge. The Mythic Labyrinth aw

contin