The Blight of Whispers

Avalon, a realm shimmering with ancient magic, is not dying, but twisting.  A vibrant, parasitic energy, the Blight of Whispers, pulses through the land, seducing flora and fauna with the intoxicating promise of power.  It whispers of control, of dominion, of a world reborn in its own warped image.
Elara Mallory, a noblewoman ostracized for her uncanny connection to Avalon’s sentient flora, feels the land’s pain, its confusion, the insidious whispers tugging at her own untapped power.  Fearing her gift, she lives a life of quiet seclusion, her true abilities a secret shame. But the Blight’s siren song is growing louder, tempting her with the very strength she dreads.
Sir Tristan Vance, once a celebrated general, now a cursed exile, endures an amplified awareness of Avalon's suffering. Every warped branch, every mutated creature, is a fresh wound on his soul.  His curse is not punishment, but a cruel irony — a heightened sensitivity to the devastation he wrought years ago when he unleashed a catastrophic spell to quell a magical uprising.
Drawn together by the growing unrest, Elara and Tristan find themselves bound by necessity.  He needs her connection to the land’s sentience; she needs his knowledge of Avalon’s magic. Their journey takes them to the crumbling tower of Catherine Myers, a reclusive sorceress whose cryptic prophecies hint at a link between Tristan's past and Elara's future.
But within Avalon’s opulent courts, another power stirs. Jacqueline Benton, a charismatic sorceress, sees the Blight not as a threat, but as a tool to forge her utopian vision.  She covets Tristan's curse, believing it the key to controlling the Blight and remaking Avalon in her own image.
As Elara and Tristan delve deeper into the Blight’s mysteries, their bond deepens, a fragile bloom amidst the encroaching darkness.  They discover the Blight is not a disease, but a sentient entity, a desperate cry for balance born from Avalon's neglected magic.  Elara’s lineage, tied to Avalon’s ancient guardians, holds the key to healing the land, but it also makes her a target for Jacqueline’s machinations.
The whispers grow louder, the seductive promises harder to resist.  Elara and Tristan must choose: succumb to the Blight’s intoxicating power or fight for Avalon’s harmony, even if it means sacrificing everything they hold dear. Their final confrontation takes place within the crystalline heart of Avalon itself, where the fate of the realm hangs in the balance. Will they embrace the seductive whispers of power or forge a new song of harmony, a melody of hope for a world teetering on the brink of oblivion?