She thought I wouldn't follow.
She was wrong.
Talraine slipped past the last shrine glyph like a shadow in silk, but I caught the flicker. Her aura dipped, then surged—just enough for the system to blink. The Threadweave reacted to her the way it used to react to me.
Like it remembered.
Like she'd been here before.
I moved after her in silence, feet kissing the broken marble, pulse syncing with the heartbeat of the warping shrine. The others were still back in the Accord Hall—arguing thrones and oaths and Queen-wounded pride. But Talraine? She wasn't negotiating.
She was hiding.
[Exposure: 110% → 111%]
[Anchor MILF: Duchess Talraine – Bond Thread Active]
[New Quest Triggered – Claim or Cast Out: Talraine]
(Bond status unstable. Origin interference detected.Objective: Test Duchess Talraine's intent before full sync.)
The corridor darkened. Not from shadows, but from system dampening.
A glyph pulsed on the far wall. Not one of mine.
