Whispers Between Shadows. AI-Generated.
The fog rolled in with the slow certainty of a tide, swallowing the cobblestone alleyways one lantern at a time. The village of Avelwick was quiet at dusk, but for Mara, silence never meant safety. She had always heard things that others dismissed—soft murmurs slipping between walls, strange calls weaving through the darkness. The whispers had begun when she was a child, faint at first, but as she grew, so did their persistence.