All Chapters of Echoes of Moonfire: Chapter 121 - Chapter 124

~Ivy The night was quiet. Too quiet. That kind of stillness that felt like it was waiting to snap. I stood by the window, arms folded, watching the moon carve a silver line across the trees. Kyle was absent from school throughout today. That was very unlike him. I told myself he was probably chasing some squirrel or sulking somewhere dramatic, but that gut-deep knot said otherwise. A breeze blew a piece of paper into my room through my window. The writing on the paper read: “look outside” In that same moment, I noticed movement outside my window. I narrowed my eyes. Just at the edge of the trees, someone stood, cloaked in darkness. Not moving. Not even swaying with the breeze. Just… watching. A rational person would’ve shut the window and gone to bed. I wasn’t feeling particularly rational tonight. I stepped outside, quietly, my feet brushing the dewy grass. The moment I reached the edge of the tree line, the figure turned, slowly, deliberately. He was wearing a long robe,

~Omniscient The throne room had never been quiet. Even in its emptiest moments, Obsidian’s palace had always pulsed with something—distant footfalls, murmured prayers from the clerics below, the rhythmic crackle of flame from the wall sconces. It was a room built for presence. A place where silence had weight, and every decision made echoed in a thousand unseen directions. But now, seated on the high throne with his hands draped neatly over the arms, Aeron felt perfectly at ease. He did not fidget. He did not blink more than necessary. His back was straight, not too stiff, not too casual. He let the silver sash rest in a loose knot at his side—untied just enough to suggest humility, but cleanly draped to reaffirm command. A delicate balance. The throne room’s doors opened on cue. Naela entered with Elden at her side, scrolls in hand, expressions taut with concern disguised as routine. They’d spent the past hour reviewing the ceremony’s disruption. Nothing serious had been report