Rising Sun Valley lorewatch

Her ears twitched at the sound of a name carried on the wind, sharp, desperate. It wasn’t far from where she had settled, just for now.

Wake.

So familiar. The name struck like a stone to her chest, sending panic clawing up her throat. There was desperation in that unseen voice, enough to make her heart hammer against her ribs. Had her dearest companion met some cruel fate? Had he abandoned her to face this world’s trials alone once more?

No. She refused to believe it. Wake was too clever, too capable to be felled so easily.

But doubt gnawed at the edges of her resolve. A hollow ache bloomed in her chest, the weight of uncertainty near unbearable. It was as if an unseen rope had tightened around her heart, yanking her to her feet, pulling her toward the source of that call.

She had to know.