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Chapter 91: The Shatter Behind the Veil

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~Serik

I waited until the silence felt unnatural before I continued moving. There were no people in sight but that made me more cautious than ever.

Veyrith had called me his guest. He’d treated me like one. Fed me, clothed me, entertained me.

But every instinct screamed that I was a prisoner. A well-dressed, well-fed prisoner.

So I did what any rational prisoner would do.

I hunted for the exits.

The doors I faced creaked open without resistance. The hallway beyond was dim, lined with sconces that didn’t burn with fire, but with liquid shadows that flickered upward like reversed flames. The floor didn’t echo underfoot. The castle was alive, and it was listening.

I walked slowly.

Corridor after corridor. Door after sealed door. I passed strange chambers—one filled with mirrors that didn’t reflect me; another with a shallow pool of blood that shimmered like glass. I didn’t stop to investigate.

Not yet.

Eventually, I found a stairwell that spiraled downward. The air grew colder as I desce
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  • Echoes of Moonfire   Chapter 91: The Shatter Behind the Veil

    ~SerikI waited until the silence felt unnatural before I continued moving. There were no people in sight but that made me more cautious than ever.Veyrith had called me his guest. He’d treated me like one. Fed me, clothed me, entertained me.But every instinct screamed that I was a prisoner. A well-dressed, well-fed prisoner.So I did what any rational prisoner would do.I hunted for the exits.The doors I faced creaked open without resistance. The hallway beyond was dim, lined with sconces that didn’t burn with fire, but with liquid shadows that flickered upward like reversed flames. The floor didn’t echo underfoot. The castle was alive, and it was listening.I walked slowly.Corridor after corridor. Door after sealed door. I passed strange chambers—one filled with mirrors that didn’t reflect me; another with a shallow pool of blood that shimmered like glass. I didn’t stop to investigate.Not yet.Eventually, I found a stairwell that spiraled downward. The air grew colder as I desce

  • Echoes of Moonfire   Chapter 91: Beneath the Breathless Flame

    ~SeleneThe temple loomed like a question that shouldn’t have been asked. We stood at the threshold, the three of us, watching the flames in the sconces burn with no smoke, no scent, no warmth. They flickered blue and still, like they were trapped mid-movement. The air was dry. Too dry. And the snow that had battered us for hours stopped the moment we stepped on the stone platform.“You feel that?” Nilo whispered beside me. His voice bounced strangely off the walls. “It’s like the wind knows not to come here.”“Or it was told not to,” Halric murmured.I stepped forward.The floor inside was black marble, veined with red like the roots of something buried deep beneath us. Each step echoed, but not right away. The sound came a half-second later, like the temple had to think before responding.“Don’t touch anything,” I said softly.“You say that now,” Nilo muttered. “But I already touched the door handle. So… curse incoming.”“Shut up,” Halric snapped.We walked deeper. Columns rose like

  • Echoes of Moonfire   Chapter 89: The Soft Cage

    ~Serik The door clicked shut behind Veyrith, and I was alone. Or at least, I was supposed to be. Except there were still two of them. The women. Standing by the fire like sentries sculpted from silk and shadow. Their skin was flawless and their beauty ageless. That wasn’t a shock to me though because they were gods. They hadn’t said a word since I arrived. They didn’t need to. Their presence filled the room more than the firelight did. I sat stiffly on the edge of the bed, the rich fabrics sinking under my weight, my hands still tingling from where the shackles had been. Every inch of me screamed don’t relax. This was still a trap. A velvet-wrapped one. They moved slowly. One of them, the taller of the two, poured wine into a glass and walked toward me with the deliberate grace of a dream. Or a weapon. “Drink?” she asked, her voice low and velvety. I took it. Not because I was thirsty. But because refusing would have meant something. And I couldn’t afford to m

  • Echoes of Moonfire   Chapter 88: The Ones Who Remain

    ~Selene “Kira!” My voice vanished into the wind like it never existed. “Kira, answer us!” We staggered forward through the wall of white, our hands shielding our faces, cloaks flapping violently behind us. We went back through the snow storm we just came out of. We had to find Kira. The wind here wasn’t just loud. It screamed—an endless shriek that scraped the inside of my skull. “Kira!” Halric bellowed beside me. No answer. We fanned out, just enough to see each other through the swirl. I tried casting a directional spell—a shimmer of violet lines like veins pulsing in the air—but it scattered uselessly, eaten by the storm. We were wasting magic. Worse, we were wasting time. I gritted my teeth and forged ahead, one foot after the other, the snow coming up to my knees. Every few seconds, I looked back, made sure I could still see Nilo’s glow-tipped staff or Halric’s tall silhouette. We couldn’t lose another one. But we had already, hadn’t we? I called ag

  • Echoes of Moonfire   Chapter 87: The Face of Death

    ~SerikMy hands were shackled, glowing with a dull blue rune magic I hadn’t seen before. It itched where it touched my skin, like it wasn’t meant to restrain mortals, but gods.Two guards flanked me, their forms shimmering faintly in the swirling dusk. We were walking—no, being marched—through the core of the divine realm, and every step brought me closer to the one place I never wanted to see.Veyrith’s castle.The underworld god. The Devourer of Echoes. The First Curse. He wasn’t the underworld god here yet but that didn’t make him any less scarier.I swallowed hard. My feet felt heavy, like the air was thickening with each step.The stories I read—even the censored ones—had painted him as the darkest of all the gods. Not just because he ruled death, but because he loved it. Loved the art of suffering. They said it took all the gods together to trap him in the underworld, bound in chains forged from starlight and sacrifice. Even then, his screams burned the skies for a hundred years

  • Echoes of Moonfire   Chapter 86: The Ice Between Us

    ~Selene“Bram!”“Bram, answer us if you can hear!”Kira sent a pulse of blue light spinning through the trees, the arcane ring shimmering before it vanished into the snowy wind. Nothing. Not even an echo. I tried again, whispering a location incantation beneath my breath. The spell rippled outward in fine tendrils, searching the weave of magic in the air.Nothing.Until—A flicker.I gasped. “I found him.”Everyone turned.“His signature,” I said, narrowing my eyes as the magic responded. “It’s faint—but it’s coming from the south. Far south. The ice wastes.”Reed’s jaw tightened. “That’s an icy desert. No living creature goes there willingly. Not even our patrols. There’s nothing there but frost and wind.”“He’s there,” I said. “Or at least… something that carries his energy signature.”Reed looked toward the horizon, where snow fell like ash. “I can’t follow you into the wastes. But if things go wrong—send a signal, and I will send help.” His voice was grim. “Good luck.”We nodded.

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