'I hope Master isn't mad I didn't tell him.'
That was Elara's first thought as she stood before the glowing gate.
Her hands were clasped tight around her gauntlets, and her heart was thumping against her chest.
She had seen gates before, of course. She had seen them plenty of times on television or in Lucius's streams.
But seeing one on a screen and standing right in front of it were two completely different things.
The sheer size of it, the way the glowing surface rippled like water, the hum in the air that pressed against her skin — it was unlike anything she had ever seen before.
'So this was how a dungeon felt up close.'
Part of her wished she could be standing here with Lucius.
She wanted nothing more than to raid by his side. But Vanessa had told her she needed to learn how to work with others, that she couldn't rely on her Master forever.
