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Summary
Seeking refuge from her horrific captivity, the traumatized Hrothgar monk Panda retreats to the tranquil luxury of Old Sharlayan’s Leveilleur estate, where physical wounds heal under the care of the chirurgeons but psychological scars leave her profoundly broken. Haunted by phantom visions of her tormentor, Zenos yae Galvus, she struggles to find solace in the peaceful academic city, despite the gentle, grounding efforts of G'raha Tia, Alphinaud, and Y'shtola. Driven by a deep-seated fear that her ordeal has fundamentally altered her bonds, she avoids her beloved comrade-in-arms, Estinien Varlineau, until a volatile, trauma-induced nightmare culminates in her nearly taking his life with a hidden blade. Instead of turning away, the stoic dragoon meets her fractured guilt with unyielding devotion, pinning her to the present and initiating a visceral, fiercely intimate encounter where Panda reclaims her bodily autonomy and sovereignty over her lingering phantoms. Emerging from the crucible of their shared vulnerability, Panda finally finds a fragile sanctuary of stillness free of nightmares, wrapped securely in the arms of the one man who refuses to let her fade into the dark.
Series
- Part 12 of A Song of Light and Dark