Aetherion Academia #1: Shadows of Rebirth
The spiral lingered longer this time, almost forming a face, a mouth, something that opened and closed in silent hunger before vanishing into the lamp-lit air.
"Counterfeit." My voice came out hoarse, the suppression chains drying my throat, slowing my thoughts. "The Duskbane spiral curves left to right, following the setting moon. These curve right to left. They're reversed."
Aurel looked at me, and behind his spectacles something shifted, a reverence that made my skin prickle more than the chains ever could. "You see it."
"I feel it in my teeth. In the place where my magic lives." I stepped closer, the chains clanking against the marble. "It's like hearing a song played backward. The notes
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