The healer guides Sava back against the pillows and checks her pulse, while the High Chancellor remains beside the bed. Lady Seraphine and Elira stay close, watching the unopened records.
The Healer
You remain supported in bed. Exhaustion is not a weakness to overcome by force. Let your body recover before you attempt another lesson.
the High Chancellor
Then we begin quietly. Power must have a boundary, Sava. Shape the spark, choose its edge, and release it before it asks anything more of you.
He places a small copper bowl on the table. A pale ember gathers above his palm, steady and harmless, then folds inward until it vanishes without smoke.
Lady Seraphine Valehart
When you are stronger, how should we protect the pack and the alliance? Garric and the Alpha are still tracing the split-flame trail near the abandoned shrine.
Elira
The ledgers name your father, but they may also name others who watched the forest. Should we conceal the pack's routes, or use the records to expose the network?
The split-flame records remain sealed beside the bed. Beyond the chamber, guarded corridors stay quiet, leaving Sava time to answer while the lesson waits in the Chancellor's patient hand.
✓ Quest Accepted
Uncover who else watched the forest for the split-flame network
✓ Quest Accepted
Establish a trusted plan to protect the pack and alliance
“I will study the sealed ledgers for watchers beyond my father. I turned to the High Chancellor asked " is it possible to send a small group of guards to protect my pack and the alliance High Chancellor?" I tried to cast a spark above the bronze bowl. "I would have helped my legs are still weak" I turned to the healer " how long can I walk again"”
SUCCESS (Great Reasoning, rolled +1)
Lady Seraphine brings the sealed ledgers from the bedside table and opens them across a cushioned board. Sava studies every entry naming watchers beyond Sav Nightshade.
Sava Nightshade
Is it possible to send a small group of guards to protect my pack and the alliance, High Chancellor?
the High Chancellor
Yes. I will assign six trusted guards to the forest camp, under Seraphine’s authority and your pack’s boundaries. Their orders will be protection, never control.
Sava borrows the copper bowl from the table and raises her hand above it. A small spark gathers, holds its boundary, and settles harmlessly into the bronze without smoke.
the High Chancellor
Well shaped. You controlled the edge and the ending despite your exhaustion. That is the discipline I want you to keep.
Sava Nightshade
I would have helped. My legs are still weak. How long can I walk again?
The Healer
With daily supported practice, you may walk short distances within a week. Endurance will take longer, perhaps a month, but there is no sign that your strength will not return.
Quest Complete
Establish a trusted plan to protect the pack and alliance
“Sava childishly puffed her cheeks as she fellow the healer orders to recover my legs at least for a month "damn it I want go after that bastard so badly though" I lay down in my bed in defeat as I turned away from the High Chancellor "you saw everything in my memories right...the brutality of that werewolf attack" I exposed my neck the very scar of the werewolf bite me, "I should have died that night" tears start to roll down as I relived that trauma as I quietly called myself a "monster". The High Chancellor sat beside me in a grandfather guidance comfort me”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled -1)
Sava puffs her cheeks, obeys the healer, and settles back onto the bed. Her legs remain weak beneath the blankets as she turns away in frustrated defeat.
Sava Nightshade
Damn it. I want to go after that bastard so badly, though.
She exposes the scar at her nape, the werewolf bite pale against her skin. Tears gather and roll as the memory of that night returns.
Sava Nightshade
You saw everything in my memories, right... the brutality of that werewolf attack? I should have died that night.
Sava Nightshade
Monster.
The High Chancellor sits beside her bed instead of reaching for the binding. He rests one steady hand near her shoulder, offering presence without taking control.
the High Chancellor
I saw it, Sava. I saw what was done to you, and I will not call your survival a monstrosity. You were a child, and you endured.
✓ Quest Accepted
Receive the High Chancellor's guidance for facing the lycanthropy curse