Chapter 29
A year passed.
The land healed.
A monument stood in Emberfield—etched with names of every soul nearly lost to memory.
Kael's statue held a banner of stars.
Rynn taught children how to shape fire into story.
Lucien became a reluctant leader—but only until the republic formed.
And Seraphina?
She wandered.
To every village. Every ruin.
Reminding people what was almost taken.