Sister Efner- Falling Into Darkness | Because Of ... [2021]

The fall happened in the quietest moment. While tending to a dying girl, Efner didn't offer a scripture or a blessing. Instead, she reached into the shadows of the room and felt them reach back. For the first time, she felt a —heavy, ancient, and honest.

He looked up, his eyes clouding over as if a veil had been drawn across them. "Ah, Sister Efner," he murmured, setting down his tools. "A tragic figure, indeed. She was once a member of our community, a devoted soul with a voice like an angel. But it was said that she became enthralled by the Echoes of Elyria." Sister Efner- falling into Darkness because of ...

Sister Efner stood at the edge of the chapel’s last candle, the flame trembling as if it too feared what came next. For years she tended the small convent with quiet devotion: tending gardens, copying scrolls, listening to the confidences of the faithful. People called her steady, a woman of light. But light is fragile, and even the steadfast can fracture. The fall happened in the quietest moment