Chapter 211: Poison in the WeaveThe city awoke restless.From the safehouse shutters, Elena watched the market below swell with sound. Some of it was warmth—children laughing as they tied scraps of cloth to doorways, elders humming low songs as they opened stalls. But threaded through it came the j
Chapter 210: The Faintest ThreadThe safehouse walls felt smaller by morning.Elena sat cross-legged on the floor, chalk dust coating her fingers. The half-finished map of warmth stretched unevenly across the stone, a constellation of faint points that pulsed like dying embers. Mateo leaned against
Chapter 209: Threads of WarLa Paz glowed with restless light.The Monument stood steady, its pulse a faint ember in the cool night, but the plazas around it carried a different energy—nervous, sharp, bristling like a city holding its breath. Lanterns flickered in doorways, their warmth strained by
Chapter 208: Fractures in the ChorusThe city did not sleep that night.From the window of the cramped safehouse, Elena could hear the echo of chants rising and falling through the narrow streets. Some were true threads—low, steady, woven with warmth. Others were harsher, jagged, mimicking Sophia’s
Chapter 207: The Mirror’s EdgeThe first fracture came in Quito.Elena felt it before she saw it. The hum of her circle’s song—so steady, so certain—wavered like a candle guttering in a draft. She pressed her fingers against the cold stone wall, listening. The rhythm echoed back, but faintly off-bea
Chapter 206: Fractures in the LightThe storm broke first in Santiago.Rain slicked the narrow alleys, neon lights from shuttered cafés dripping down cobblestones like veins of false color. Diego and Mariana moved quickly beneath the downpour, cloaks pressed tight. Their circle had agreed on new mee