Shadows of The Past

Elias turned back toward the pool, but the shimmering figure was gone. Only the water remained, still and quiet, as if nothing had ever disturbed it.

But the words lingered in his mind.

The path you walk is not yours alone.

As they left the basin, Elias couldn’t shake the feeling that they had just stepped into something much larger than they could comprehend.

And somewhere, unseen, something was watching.

The three of them walked in tense silence, the basin and its eerie whispers far behind them. The dunes stretched endlessly before them, but the strange weight of the encounter and visions still lingered like the burning heat. Elias carried the harp with more awareness now, as if the weight on his back wasn’t just physical but tied to the heavy truths it might unlock.

Joran was the first to break the silence, his voice sharp. “We need to be smarter about where we go. That basin was a trap. The next place could be worse.”