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The Stillness Between Breath
What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? When they spoke of Faelan Windrush at the Azurian Academy, it was always with a mixture of admiration and exasperation. “Brilliant but scattered,” instructors would sigh, watching him dash between classes, spellbooks tumbling from overstuffed satchels, his copper hair perpetually resembling a nest recently vacated Continue reading
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The Shadow of Her Strength
Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life. The campfire spits amber embers toward a sky where stars hang like frozen tears, too distant to fall. I feed another log to the hungry flames, my hands—twice the size of my companion’s—moving with the careful precision Mother taught me. *Fire respects Continue reading
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Wings Unfurled
The chains lay coiled at Lysander’s feet like dead serpents, their iron links catching the dawn light that filtered through the high windows of the tower chamber. Seven years they had bound his wrists and ankles, their weight as familiar as his own heartbeat. Now they rested on the smooth stone floor, inert and powerless, Continue reading
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The Dissenter’s Vigil
What public figure do you disagree with the most? The ancient library of Silverhaven University curved around Matthias like a lover’s embrace, its tiered shelves stretching toward a domed ceiling where constellations had been painstakingly rendered in gold leaf and luminescent crystal. Outside, autumn rain tapped insistent fingers against leaded glass windows, creating a symphony Continue reading
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The Oathbound Path
What is your career plan? Dawn breaks over Ironheart Keep in a symphony of amber and gold, light spilling across ancient battlements like molten metal fresh from the forge. I stand atop the western guard tower, palms pressed against cool stone worn smooth by generations of hands before mine. Below, the training yard awakens—squires and Continue reading
Chadwick Rye 