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“You don’t need to trust them all. You only need five people.” She gave a meaningful look.Dann smiled slightly. “Clara says the smugglers are operating out of the Vault Isles.”Eva’s gaze sharpened. “Cyras?”“Maybe. Or someone he's backing.” Dann stood. “Either way, I need to go.”Eva’s grip tightened. “Then take Kael or Clara with you.”Dann shook his head. “I need ghosts for this. Not generals.”Elsewhere – Aboard a Black Vessel near the Vault IslesMoonlight danced across metal crates—fuel, medicine, stolen tech. A figure stood at the prow, his armor laced with shadows, his eyes flickering blue.Cyras Riddect.“Let them fight,” he murmured. “Let them bleed the seas dry. And when the storms rise, Dann will have to choose: his crown… or his child.”A long pause. Then a cruel smile.“And either way—he loses.”Coastline of the Vault Isles – Two Days LaterThe sea was moonless, and so was the silence.Dann stood at the edge of a darkened skiff, dressed not in the armor of a general—but
Storms Beneath Still Waters
Dann looked to Eva, and then to the room.“Because someone else is trying to claim it. Someone who was meant to die in the breach.”Kael narrowed his eyes. “Who?”Dann replied:“Cyras Riddect.”The room fell into stunned silence.Eva’s fingers dug into the table. “Your brother burned with the rest of the Ember traitors—”“He didn’t,” Dann cut in. “He was taken. Hidden. Twisted. I saw what’s left of him in the final gate. He’s not Cyras anymore. He’s something wearing my brother’s memories like a skin.”“And he wants the crown,” Maximus said grimly.“No,” Dann said.“He wants me.”Later That Night – East Balcony of the CitadelEva found Dann alone, standing over the valley where the Ember Guard continued night drills. The wind was cool. The stars hung like watchful eyes.“You didn’t tell them everything,” she said.“No.”“You’re still bonded to the crown, aren’t you?”He didn’t answer directly. Instead, he held out his palm.A faint pulse of white light swirled into a crown-shaped sigi
Hours Before Midnight
Clara tightened the straps on Eva’s gauntlet. “You find him, you bring him home.”Eva’s eyes glimmered. “I will. Or I’ll vanish beside him.”Midnight Again — Between RealmsDann stood on the threshold of the last chamber. Ahead, a mirror. But no reflection.A voice spoke from the dark.“Are you here to save yourself, or to be judged?”Dann didn’t answer at first. His hand hovered over the blade at his side. Then, slowly, he let it fall.“I’m here,” he said, “to bury what never died.”And the silence that followed... finally answered back.The lower districts of Konzia were a skeleton of what they once were—hollowed tunnels, rusted rails, and bone-deep silence. Eva moved swiftly through the abandoned conduits, the Ember Guard insignia cloaked under a veil of shadowdust.Beside her, two companions kept pace: Clara, reluctantly armed and more than a little bitter about it; and Eren Voss, a silent scout once loyal to the old regime, now paying for his past in blood and allegiance.“There,
The Edge of Silence
The early morning fog curled through the canyons of Konzia like old ghosts reliving ancient paths. In the wake of the Red Cloak’s latest strike, the air itself felt different—charged, tense, waiting for the next unraveling.Dann Riddect had not returned to the stronghold.Eva sat alone in the high library of the Flamebound Citadel, fingers trailing down spines of books she hadn’t touched in years. Her heart pounded with a rhythm she couldn’t calm. She hadn’t heard from Dann in two days.Clara entered quietly, a mug of tea in her hands. "Still no word?"Eva shook her head. "He leaves without telling me now. Not even a whisper."Clara sat beside her. "He thinks he's protecting you.""He's shutting me out," Eva whispered. Her voice cracked. "We survived fire, exile, war. But this... silence? It's like he's slipping away."Outside the Citadel, Eliar trained with a new unit—the Ember Guard. Their movements echoed across the valley, swift and sharp, symbols of a peace still too young to tru
After the Silence
The sun rose over the highlands for the first time in what felt like an eternity, its light pushing back the memories of war like mist retreating before dawn. Brown stood on a cliff overlooking the valley, the wind stirring his half-healed cloak. Beneath the burn scars and bandages, something new stirred in him—something he hadn’t known since before the fire.Peace.He didn’t trust it.Clara stood behind him, arms crossed, a half-smile on her lips as she approached. “You’re waiting for it to break again, aren’t you?”Brown didn’t answer at first. “Peace is a field before the arrow flies.”She slipped her hand into his. “But this time, maybe we get to plant something in that field before it does.”Behind them, the citadel—half rebuilt from shattered stone and half grown from the roots of magic—hummed with life. Children laughed in the courtyards where once soldiers bled. Fires in the forges sang songs of building instead of breaking.But even now, scouts returned with stories. Shadows
Whispered
"The Red Cloak. No bodyguards. No press. He brought in six children from the bombing of Westlock. Carried one of them in his arms." Rhys’s voice cracked. “She was barely breathing. He just... stood there while we worked. Didn’t say a word.”The nurse blinked. “And then?”“He left. Just vanished into the smoke.”Location: Black Channel – Interrogation Dock 4 – NightThe prisoner screamed again, but Dann said nothing. His shadow loomed behind the single overhead light, face unreadable.The operative stepped back. “He’s broken. We got the last known shell companies. Everything points back to Anderson and the Accord.”Dann knelt down. “Names. You gave lives for money. Now you give me names.”The prisoner sobbed. “Please… please…”Dann stood and turned. “Move him to Extraction Three. And wipe this dock clean.”Location: War Mansion – Private Hall – Just After MidnightMaximus waited outside Dann’s chamber. When the door creaked open, Eva stepped out.Her expression was unreadable. Her robe
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