SILAS

I don’t know how long I’ve been walking—it feels like the entire day. I quenched my thirst with the cold underground streams I found along the way.

I wasn’t really hungry. Having consumed so much magic had replaced the nutrients my body needed.

I sat on the rocky ground, but only for a few seconds. I knew that if I were an ordinary elemental, I wouldn’t have been able to keep moving like this—especially not in this nearly oxygen-deprived, claustrophobic environment.

Sometimes, the tunnels