Iron Revenant: Blood Of The Marked

The White Heart

Jace Caldwell’s scar burned, a jagged pulse in his chest as the shadow city’s plaza dissolved into chaos, the spire’s veined face shattered, its red glow fading.

The void surged, a black tide swallowing the ground, and the gold-eyed child stood at its heart, a white Obsidian Heart pulsing in their small hands, voice like a bell in a storm: “You broke the wrong key.” Ethan’s scream—

Jace, I’m not here!—clawed at his mind, his brother’s black-eyed form gone, maybe never real. Lena Voss, possessed, white eyes blazing, gripped her rune-etched dagger, the new Heart dim in her hand. Aria, the young Marked girl, cowered, her red eyes streaming, clutching the fourth Heart’s shards.

Selene, keeper of the final Heart, lay slumped, her black eyes dim, blood pooling from her scar. The air reeked of charred bone and something sharp, like trust snapped in two.

Jace’s Glock trembled, his heart a tangle of grief and rage—Ethan’s absence, Lena’s betrayal, the child’s cryptic power.His scar flared,