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The Cost

Author: Jessica Marie
last update publish date: 2026-01-27 12:39:11

Caz

The moment my fingers touch the relic, the world fractures.

Not shatters.

Fractures.

Thin cracks spreading through reality like stress lines in glass. Silent and patient.

I hear Lance swear somewhere behind me.

Then the chamber disappears. The relic hums with recognition. Not because it knows my name. Because it knows what I am.

A seeker.

A question that refuses to stay unanswered.

Sinister stiffens immediately. "Careful, Caz."

The warning comes too late.

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