Nyxara Rising
The connection is a door, not a chain.
A slow, wicked grin curled Nyxara’s lips, more a baring of teeth than a smile. “Oh. Isn’t that precious. They think they’re the hunters, but they left the gate wide open.”
She closed her eyes, letting herself lean into the mark’s pull, surrendering to the strange gravity it offered. The world warped around her—not visually, but in some deeper sense. Orientation slipped; directions folded. Some unseen thread tugged her north, then down, then sideways, dragging her spirit through corridors unmapped by any living soul.