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Chapter 85: The Whispering Steel

Autor: JanayJourney
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-03-04 03:43:25

**The Scorchmark. Dawn.**

Luna woke to the smell of sulfur and ash.

For a moment, she did not know where she was.

Then *memory* crashed back.

The Holy Lands.

The purification chamber.

The *pain.*

Her father's voice speaking through her.

The demonic flames pulling her away from the Inquisitors.

Saving her.

Luna sat up slowly.

Every muscle ached.

Her forearm—where Elyra had cut her—was healed, but a thin scar remained.

Red.

Not silver like her other scars.

*Demon-marked.*

She was back at the Scor
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