Davian.
The moment the warriors rushed down the hallway to search for Galen, the corridor fell into an uneasy silence.
Their sudden departure had been loud and urgent, boots striking the stone floor, armor clinking softly as they moved, but now that sound was fading quickly into the distance.
Step by step.
Echo by echo.
Until eventually…there was nothing left.
Just silence.
I stood there without moving, my grey eyes fixed on the empty stretch of hallway where they had disappeared moments earlier. The corridor now looked strangely hollow, as if the tension that had filled it earlier had been pulled away along with them.
But it hadn't.
It was still there.
Lingering.
Heavy.
The echo of their footsteps slowly faded into nothingness, leaving behind an uncomfortable stillness that seemed to settle over everything.
Something about this entire situation didn't sit right with me.
