Aetherion Academia #1: Shadows of Rebirth
I leaned my shoulder against the crumbling stone parapet, my teeth clicking together from a deep, internal shivering that no amount of wool could cure.
The great bell was choked with thick jackets of green corrosion and decades of dried bird droppings, its heavy iron clapper bound tightly with rusted chain-links. Yet, the air inside the stone enclosure was vibrating so violently that the dust on the floor was dancing in perfect, concentric circles.
"My ears are ringing with grease," I said, spitting a mouthful of thick, metallic saliva onto the stone tiles.
Aurel struck the rim of the dead bell with a small iron tuning fork, producing nothing but a short, flat thud that died instantly. "The
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