Seren's memory was not over. The mist was still turning around Elara, and the past inside the stone was opening itself piece by piece. Seren's voice had risen from within the stone and touched Kael's lost brother, Rowan's old love, and Elara's unfinished fate all at once. Elara knew this was not only a vision from the past. This memory was the first door the archive had chosen to show her. And the door had not closed yet. Because the archive wanted to show Elara where the old cycle had broken.
The vision changed again. This time Seren was alone. She held the memory stone around her neck in her palm. Her eyes seemed to be looking directly at Elara. "Vessel who comes after me," she said. "Those who love you will try to save you. Those who rule you will try to use you. And the moon inside you will try to complete you. None of these are safe on their own."
