Midnight Crown
“We need the archive. If Marsel’s loyalists find it first, everything burns—including us.”
Eirwen kept close, eyes flicking to every corner, every reflection. The Tower was haunted. Not just by memories—by the knowledge that every secret hidden here was a weapon, every broken promise another trap. She felt Domenik behind her, his presence a shadow she wanted and resented in equal measure.
They moved through the service corridor, bypassing the main elevator. On the walls, the Covenant of Silence was barely visible under layers of grime and ash: Speak nothing. Own everything. Burn what cannot be controlled.