Against All Odds
At its center stood a raised dais of obsidian and bone, and upon it, a blade.
It floated above the altar, suspended in a web of golden runes and chains that shivered with old magic. Its hilt was carved from spinal bone, its blade black as void, veins of red pulsing through it like a living thing.
The room felt alive. And angry.
Dirus bowed low before it, not in reverence, but in wariness.
"There it is," he whispered. "The Godrender."
I stepped closer, the pressure in my chest increasing with every heartbeat. The closer I got, the more my wolf fought it, ears pinned, teeth bared inside me.
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