Glaucus' Cloud Dispersal Part I: Cornered

The bolt of energy soars through a glass pane in the meeting hall and hits Aura squarely in the back. A small hole, no bigger than a bullet appears, but the glass does not shatter. The Luminaries turn on their heels as Aura trips forward a step as though the wind has been knocked out of her.

 

Glaucus made plans, insisted he would stick with them, and said he was trying to be a better friend. Aura drank in every word and made a promise to the self to reveal emotional vulnerability during the week they spent together. So it was a complete surprise that, when she finally did so, Glaucus asked Phoenix to leave prematurely. The one thing her trust had not accounted for.

 

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