Echo
an excerpt

There was a slight pause before Sior spoke again. “How did you get here? I thought you couldn’t…”

“I can’t use my magic,” Celeste said. “But I have an amulet…it’s an old family heirloom and it has powers. I used them and somehow I got here, or rather to the woods near here.”

“W’ell fix this somehow,” Sior said in an attempt to sound reassuring.

“I hope so,” Celeste said. “I really hope so.”

“What were they after anyway? Borreias?” Sior asked.

“I don’t think so,” Celeste said. “And that’s the strange part…they wanted me to tell them something and it was so strange…”

“What was it?” Sior asked.

“They wanted to know the location of the old city,” Celeste said.

“But it sank into the sea, didn’t it?” Sior said. “That’s why we left after all…”

“Yeah…” Celeste said quietly, watching the wall as they walked. “Of course.”

Sior looked at her in surprise but didn’t ask. He knew better than anybody that secrets were meant to stay that way.