A Flame in the Shadow
In the distance, lightning splits the sky, illuminating towering citadels carved directly from black crystal.
This is where Sariyah was forged. Where Azrael first burned. Where Orion learned to survive. Somewhere beyond the horizon I feel him. A thread between us still exists. Faint and strained, but unbroken.
The realm quiets as if listening for my command. I swallow hard. “I didn’t know,” I whisper to the kneeling army before me.
The horned demon lifts his gaze, eyes blazing silver. “You were never meant to.”
Behind me, far beyond mortal sight, the Veil screams as something begins tearing its way through. Orion is coming and this ancient, terrible, magnificent world is waiting to see who I
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