Iron Revenant: Blood Of The Marked

The Final Heart

Jace Caldwell’s scar throbbed as the NexTech lab dissolved into the portal’s red maw, spitting him back into the shadow city’s plaza, the spire’s veined face crumbling.

Ethan—his brother, alive moments ago—had plunged a red Obsidian Heart into his own chest, his sacrifice collapsing the lab, his scream echoing: Jace! Lena Voss, possessed, her white eyes glowing with The Shroud’s power, gripped a new rune-etched dagger, the new Heart’s void-black pulse dim in her hand.

Aria, the young Marked girl, clung to a spire, her red eyes wet, the fourth Heart’s shards scattered at her feet. The new woman—tall, black eyes glinting, holding a final Heart pulsing like a dying star—stood before the portal, her voice chilling: “The Shroud’s not the enemy.”

The air reeked of ozone and something sour, like grief burned into ash. Jace’s Glock trembled, his heart a snarl of loss and rage—Ethan’s sacrifice, Lena’s betrayal, this woman’s cryptic claim.His scar flared, senses too sharp—catching the spire