"So… what happened after I fell unconscious?" Askara asked once the noise began to die down. His voice was steady now, though a hint of worry still lingered. "What happened to Ayana?"
The question cut through the room. His siblings exchanged uneasy glances, the earlier warmth fading into a heavy silence.
"…Aska," Kiara finally said, her tone low and careful, "Ayana's whereabouts are still unknown. We don't know who that group was, or where they took her. There were no traces left behind, no altar, no summoning circle, nothing. Everything Sis Alice predicted should happen… never did. From the very beginning, they were only after that girl"
