EPISODE 49 - THE RETURN OF THE BLACK KNIGHT

(POV Aileen) We appear in front of a ruined stronghold—an antechamber to the Inner Realm. Stone walls. Broken. Collapsing in on themselves. And yet... even through the decay, you can tell what it once was. Magnificent. Majestic. Ancient. (POV Dorcha) I don't like this place. There's something wrong with it. I can't explain it— but it feels like there's a weight pressing down on my chest. Like I can't breathe right. Damn those sprite powers. It's like being wrapped in a constant buzzing— low, relentless. I hate it. (POV Grogher) Brrrick was rrright... the airrr really does smell rotten. Suffocating. Good thing I can shrrrink whenever I want now, thanks to the sprites... otherrrwise I'd never fit into this crrrumbling hole. (POV Aileen) Hercules steps in first. We follow. For all the…