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Chapter 15 – The Labyrinth of Whispers

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🌑 Chains of Eternity

The world split open, not with the roar of an explosion but with the soft sigh of a door closing. Kael staggered forward, his boots scraping against stone that hadn’t been there a moment before. The coliseum, the night sky, the shattered earth—all of it was gone.

Instead, they stood in a corridor that stretched into eternity, walls of obsidian glass pulsing faintly with a dull inner glow. The air was thick, humming with a vibration that seemed to bypass the ears and nestle straight into the skull. Every breath felt stolen, as though the air resisted them, clinging like tar before being dragged into unwilling lungs.

Kael turned his head, eyes narrowing. Brann was already on guard, sword raised, his stance tight with paranoia. Seris, pale but unyielding, let her fingers trace the black glass wall, her lips pressed thin. Liora clung to her staff, wide-eyed, her breaths shallow and uneven. The silence pressed in on them like an invisible fist.

And then, softly, it be
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  • CHAINS OF ETERNITY    Chapter 15 – The Labyrinth of Whispers

    🌑 Chains of EternityThe world split open, not with the roar of an explosion but with the soft sigh of a door closing. Kael staggered forward, his boots scraping against stone that hadn’t been there a moment before. The coliseum, the night sky, the shattered earth—all of it was gone.Instead, they stood in a corridor that stretched into eternity, walls of obsidian glass pulsing faintly with a dull inner glow. The air was thick, humming with a vibration that seemed to bypass the ears and nestle straight into the skull. Every breath felt stolen, as though the air resisted them, clinging like tar before being dragged into unwilling lungs.Kael turned his head, eyes narrowing. Brann was already on guard, sword raised, his stance tight with paranoia. Seris, pale but unyielding, let her fingers trace the black glass wall, her lips pressed thin. Liora clung to her staff, wide-eyed, her breaths shallow and uneven. The silence pressed in on them like an invisible fist.And then, softly, it be

  • CHAINS OF ETERNITY    Chapter 14 – Whispers in the Dark

    🌑 Chains of EternityThe gate pulsed like a living wound, bleeding light into the endless dark. Each heartbeat it gave off seemed to drag them closer, as though invisible strings tugged at their bones. But instead of stepping through, the group lingered at the threshold, their breaths heavy, the silence unbearable.Kael stood still, shoulders tight. The chains around his arms shifted against his skin, restless, as if eager to be unleashed. The whispers were louder now, threading through his thoughts until he could barely tell which were his and which were theirs.Give in. Tear it apart. Burn it down.He closed his eyes and steadied himself. If he let the voices take root, he feared they wouldn’t leave.Brann broke the silence first, pacing in jagged steps. His blade gleamed in the faint glow, his hand white-knuckled around its hilt. “I don’t like this. Every step closer feels wrong. Like walking into a grave with the shovel still in your hand.”Seris stood near him, her face calm but

  • CHAINS OF ETERNITY    Chapter 13 – The World of Nightmares

    🌑 Chains of EternityThe world had changed.Kael’s vision was swallowed by a suffocating darkness that was not mere absence of light, but something heavier, alive, pressing down on his lungs. He staggered, the echo of the coliseum’s collapse ringing in his ears. When his knees touched the ground, it was not stone beneath him but a shifting, spongy surface that pulsed faintly like flesh.His heart hammered. The others were scattered around him—Seris, upright and calm but with her hand gripping the edge of her cloak so tightly her knuckles turned white. Brann crouched low, scanning the darkness, a blade in his hand already trembling under the weight of his breathing. Liora lay sprawled, pale, clutching her chest as though each inhale cost her a piece of her soul.The chains around Kael stirred. Not just rattling this time—whispering. He froze. The sound wasn’t metal on stone but words. Faint. Hungry. He clenched his fists. Not now. Not here.“What is this place?” Brann’s voice cracked

  • CHAINS OF ETERNITY    Chapter 12 – The Coliseum’s Maw

    🌑 Chains of EternityThe wind was dead. The desert around the coliseum lay unnaturally still, as if the world itself was holding its breath. The sand that had whipped at them all day now rested, heavy and unmoving, leaving the air thick with a silence that was louder than any storm.Kael stood at the edge of the crumbling black stones, his chains whispering like restless serpents beneath his skin. His hunger had grown sharper in the stillness, gnawing at him, filling his head with a low thrum that made it difficult to think. His breath came slow, controlled, but the veins at his temples pulsed with effort.Behind him, the others formed a loose circle, each wearing their own brand of dread.Brann paced, his broad shoulders tight, jaw clenched. His hand never strayed far from the handle of his weapon. He kept glancing at Kael when he thought no one noticed.Liora leaned against a broken pillar, pale as ash. Sweat clung to her brow despite the cold stillness of the air. Her breath rattl

  • CHAINS OF ETERNITY    Chapter 11 – The Fraying Thread

    🌑 Chains of EternityThe mist lay heavy over the wasteland, curling around broken stones and thorn-choked paths as if the world itself sought to blind them. The party trudged forward in silence, each step dragging with the weight of exhaustion.Kael’s chains stirred restlessly at his side, slithering across the ground like serpents. They pulsed faintly, a rhythm that matched the hollow ache in his chest. The hunger had become constant now, no longer striking in sudden waves but gnawing with every heartbeat. He clenched his jaw, forcing himself to stay in line, but his eyes wandered too often—lingering on Brann’s thick neck, on the blue vein beating along Liora’s wrist when she wiped sweat from her brow.He tore his gaze away. Not them. Never them.But the chains did not agree.---They stopped to rest at the edge of a half-collapsed archway, a ruin that jutted from the earth like the bones of a long-dead giant. Brann dropped his pack to the ground with a growl.“This pace will kill u

  • CHAINS OF ETERNITY    Chapter 10 – The Fracture

    🌑 Chains of EternityThe days that followed the Valley of Screams were heavier than the chains wrapped around Kael’s soul.No one said it aloud, but the rift was there, sharp as broken glass. Brann no longer spoke to him, except in muttered curses under his breath. Liora tended her wound in silence, her once-bright eyes dimming whenever they met his. And Seris—Seris watched. Always watching. Weighing him as if deciding whether he was still worth keeping alive.Every step through the wastes drove the wedge deeper.---They trudged through barren plains where black sand whispered underfoot and skeletal trees clawed at the sky. The air was dry, suffocating, and the hunger gnawed deeper with each passing hour. Their rations were gone. The last piece of dried meat had been chewed to nothing the night before, and now their bellies hollowed with a sharp, merciless ache.Brann cursed with every step. “We’re walking corpses. Better to die fighting than starve like dogs.”“No,” Seris said flat

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