Location:Demon Realm — Voresh's Quarters, Kor'veth Citadel
Date/Time:30 Blazepeak, 9939 AZI (later)
Realm:Demon Realm
Voresh didn't let go until the trembling stopped.
They were in his quarters — small, spare, the chambers of a demon who'd lived thirty thousand years without accumulating anything he wasn't prepared to walk away from. A bed. A weapons rack. A window overlooking the settlement where eight hundred thousand refugees were building lives from salvage. The formation lighting dimmed to something close to candlelight.
Lyria sat on the edge of the bed. Gossamer wings folded tight against her back — pressed close, the way they went when she was trying to hold herself together. Her storm-grey eyes — gold and green streaks muted in the low light — stared at the floor. The rune on her forehead dark. The gift resting.
