Broken by One, Desired by All
"A collection of things that should never have met, let alone merged into a single, breathing contradiction."
The leader stepped toward the blue flames, the light reflecting off a silver ring on their finger… a ring shaped like a serpent devouring its own tail, an ancient symbol of cycles that could not be broken. The metal gleamed with an unnatural sheen, as if it too fed on the darkness surrounding it. The leader's hand clenched into a fist, the serpent ring catching the sickly light.
"I thought we already sent people to finish him off," the leader continued, and now the calm in their voice began to fracture, revealing a jagged, serrated edge of pure fury barely contained beneath layers of