'Maybe once it runs out, you'll be more reasonable.' The Tree said before sealing the room shut.
'Solus.' She sobbed from the prison of her broken body. 'My name is Solus.'
***
Griffon Kingdom, Nestrar Region, in the middle of nowhere.
Sunlight relieved Derek of most of his hunger yet it also brought him to the brink of madness. Most of the knowledge and power he had gained when Lith had reemerged to fight the Chroniclers was gone.
"Who the fuck were those guys and what did they want from me? Why do I feel so empty?" The Void had failed to answer Elysia's call but he had perceived it nonetheless.
His homing instinct craved to reach the small, distant shadow that brightened his heart, yet his paranoia didn't allow him to. Derek was afraid it was another trick of the "entity" that wanted to control his body or a trap set by someone who wanted to hurt him.
Like those elves from the other night.