'What's going on?'
Alia looked around with wide eyes at the multitude of persons dressed in red robes who knelt all around her. Her eyes found her grandmother seated quietly in a corner, there was a look of horror on her face that made Alia feel anxious.
Her teeth shattered as she shivered; Alia tucked her knees closer to her naked chest as she rubbed her arms and legs. She looked down at herself and bit her bottom lip as her pale face reddened. 'Why am I naked?!'
She reached down to touch her bare ankles with a trembling hand. The shackles she had on her feet since the day she suddenly lost her ability to walk were gone!
"The seal has been broken!" Alia heard a female voice yell and her wide eyes drifted to the woman dressed in a black cloak that had a large, leather book before her on the ground.
