Leah
“Not immediately. But yes, if left untreated, it will progressively worsen. The fatigue will deepen. The power drain will increase. Eventually, the body simply can’t sustain the energy loss. Her body will give out and—” Maren chose her next words carefully. “But there is a cure.”
“What is it?”
“A botanical preparation. The root of a plant called noctis bloom. It only grows in old-growth forests, the kind that haven’t been touched by civilization.” She hesitated. “The problem is that those forests are overrun with feral supernatural beasts. Creatures that have gone wild. Getting to the noctis bloom isn’t just a hike. It’s a mission.”
A cure that existed but was buried in a dangerous forest. Of course it was. Nothing in my life came easy. You’d think after dying and coming back and
