Emerald Thread (Part 1)

“If you come with me, Verhen, I’ll help you tap into your true potential, and Mogar will be a better place for it.” The Guardian of Mana extended one of his hands to Lith, ready to Warp them both to his secret lab. “We must be quick, though.”

“The longer we wait, the fewer traces of your transformation will remain.”

Roghar had yet to finish talking when Lith’s third set of wings flickered out. The energy that comprised them shattered into fragments of light and merged with the feathered wings below.

“Over my dead body!” Much to everyone’s surprise, the voices belonged to Raagu and Gyrwin, the Human Representatives from Garlen and Jiera.

The two women put themselves between the Guardian and Lith.

“Everyone here knows of your experiments, and we’ve seen how they end. Verhen is the first perfect evolved human, your words. We’d rather wait for him to safely discover his powers than let you take so much as a closer look at him.”

“Seconded!” Ryla wiped her tears and shielded Lith with her body, her eyes brimming with the power of the elements in preparation for a new fight. “Verhen is my savior and my son’s best shot at a normal life. I won’t let you touch him.”