Iron Revenant: Blood Of The Marked

Shattered trust

Jace Caldwell’s scar burned as Mara, the first Marked, lunged, her rune-etched dagger glinting in the shadow city’s plaza, aimed at his throat.

The Shroud’s maw yawned wider, red tendrils spiraling from the spire’s veined face, its eyes blazing like twin furnaces. Lena Voss stood rigid, the new Obsidian Heart in her hands, her voice cold—“I lied”—as she betrayed Jace, her eyes hard, not the woman Ethan loved. Aria, the young Marked girl, cowered, clutching the fourth Heart’s shards, her red eyes flickering with terror.

The sixth Heart pulsed weakly at Jace’s feet, its glow dim, syncing with his scar. Ethan’s scream echoed in his skull: Jace! His heart was a tangle of grief, rage, and betrayal—Ethan’s ash, Lena’s knife, Mara’s red eyes.

The air stung with the tang of molten stone and something bitter, like regret soaked in ash.Jace’s scar flared, time slowing—his body dodged, Mara’s dagger grazing his cheek, blood beading, then vanishing as the scar healed, sluggish, raw. “Mara, sto