220: Start of a new journey

"Do we have everything ready? The delegates will be arriving in the Rocx valley any minute now and we need to make sure we have everything ready. Aurora, you don't need to be here for all this so you can return if you want to."

Rex sounded worried when he asked Aurora to return. Maybe he was responding to Aurora's dark-circled that were visible under her eyes now.

For the past few days sleeping had not been easy for Aurora. If it was not the time for her medical treatment with the nymph, it was one nightmare after another.

Aurora could not even remember when was the last time she had a good night's sleep. Subtle emotions and memories from the second core inside her body were pulsing.

And then there was the fact that Aurora could still not access her core. It was locked out of her reach inside her body.

"No, I will stay here with you. Since Lady Mei is coming, someone familiar should be here to guide her away."