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[Scene: Mistlands Ridge – Just Before Midnight]

FX: Cold wind moves through brittle trees. The fire crackles low. Moonlight cuts through fog like glass. 🌙🔥

[Visual: Kaelith stands a few meters away from camp, watching Elara sleep. She's curled near the fire, her back to him, her hand resting loosely on the scroll Mordain left.]

Kaelith (thinking):

"She didn't even burn it."

"That's what scares me."

[Flashback – Earlier That Day]

Mordain vanished into the mist.

Elara stood still. Silent. Her eyes fixed on where he had gone.

Kaelith (remembering):

"She looked at him like she recognized something… maybe in herself."

[Scene: Present – Kaelith kneels at the edge of a small clearing.]

[Visual: He unrolls a small bundle — inside are three items: a dagger carved from star-iron, a soul-seal coin marked with his oath, and a vial of blue fire.]

He looks at them without touching them.

[Kaelith (thinking):

"Just in case."

[Flash Cut – Memory: Training under the Last Warden]

[Warden] (voice sharp):

"If your bonded loses control, you do not hesitate. Soulforged fall harder than any human ever could."

[Young Kaelith]:

"But what if I love her?"

[Warden]:

"Then love her enough to end it."

[Back to Present]

[Kaelith (muttering)]:

"I thought that was just training."

He closes his eyes.

[Scene: Dreamlike Memory – Elara from weeks ago]

[Elara's voice — laughing softly]:

"You're always staring at the horizon, Kaelith. Like you're afraid of it."

[Kaelith]:

"I'm not afraid of the horizon. I'm afraid of what waits when we stop walking."

[Present – Kaelith picks up the dagger. Weighs it.]

It glows faintly — soul-reactive.

Kaelith (thinking):

"If it ever comes to it… it has to be quick. Gentle."

He can't hold the thought long.

He sets the dagger down.

[Scene: He walks back to the fire. Sits across from Elara.]

She stirs — her brow twitching, like she's dreaming again.

*[Kaelith (thinking):

"Even in sleep, she's not at peace."

[Elara murmurs something unintelligible. One word slips through: "Chains."]

Kaelith stiffens.

Kaelith (thinking):

"She's not free of him. Not yet. Maybe… not ever."

[Scene: Dawn Begins – Soft gold breaks through the trees.]

Elara wakes slowly. Doesn't speak.

Kaelith hands her a mug of hot tea.

[Elara]:

"Thanks."

[Kaelith] (quiet):

"Did you dream again?"

[Elara] (pauses):

"No."

But her eyes lie.

Kaelith (thinking):

"She's lying to protect me. Or to protect herself."

"Maybe both."

[He looks at her — really looks.]

Her skin is paler. Her voice slower. The soulblade doesn't hum around her anymore. It listens. Like it's waiting.

[Kaelith, softly]:

"Elara… if you ever lose control…"

[Elara turns to him, sharply.]

[Elara]:

"Don't finish that sentence."

[Kaelith]:

"You need to hear it."

[Elara (voice cracking)]:

"No. Because if I hear it, I'll believe it's possible."

[She stands, walks away.]

Kaelith doesn't follow.

He watches her vanish into the trees.

Kaelith (thinking):

"She needs space."

"But if she ever stops coming back from that space…"

He closes his eyes.

[Final Visual: Kaelith buries the soul-dagger under a tree. Marks the bark with a single slash.]

Kaelith (thinking):

"I'll love her to the end."

"Even if I'm the one who brings it."

⚔️ TO BE CONTINUED…