Silvermist groaned, pressing her lips together as the unbearable heat seeped through the robe. Her feet were numb, blistering with every step, and the air she breathed felt like fire, scraping at her throat with every gasp.
The suffocating warmth clawed at her chest, and each breath made it harder to continue.
"T-This is bad..." she muttered, squinting as she stumbled forward, her surroundings a blur. She didn't know where she was going, just that she had to keep moving—toward the Elixir, wherever it might be.
Her instincts screamed at her to push through the pain, to ignore the fire licking at her skin. There was no turning back now. She had already decided.
Now she had to make it. "Just a little longer," she whispered to herself, desperate, focused on nothing but the path ahead.