lifted her bag onto her shoulder, and set out beneath a pale morning sky.
She did not know that the disappearances were connected to a power that had been sealed for centuries. She only knew that people were being hurt, that the local authorities had chosen to look away, and that the road ahead might reveal something worth understanding. For now, that was enough. She followed the river until the path bent toward the hills, then turned east again toward the long road that would eventually lead her to Martial Alliance City.
