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Chapter 160: The Equilibrium

Author: Nova Thorne
last update publish date: 2026-07-06 20:33:58

BOOK FIVE: THE LUNAR ECLIPSE

(Jace’s Perspective)

There is a strange, quiet terror in winning a war that lasted ten thousand years. When you have spent your entire life calculating the structural integrity of your walls, you don't know what to do with your hands once the enemy finally stops knocking.

I sat on the edge of my bed in the Grandmaster’s private quarters at the top of the Spire. The arched windows were thrown wide open. The sky over Aethelgard was a brilliant, flawless blue. The brui
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