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The price of defiance
The iron doors of the Shadow Vaults groaned open, and a flood of cold light spilled into the darkness. The air reeked of blood and sulfur; the walls whispered with runes that pulsed faintly, as if the stone itself breathed in time with the pain that lived here.Selina was dragged forward by two silent wraiths, her arms bound in chains that shimmered like molten glass. Her knees scraped against the floor, leaving small streaks of red on the black marble. The faint echo of her footsteps mingled with the steady thrum of her heart.Then, the doors closed. The world fell silent.Lexi was already there , seated upon a throne forged of bone and starlight. Her voice was vast yet indistinct, a silhouette shifting between hate and love , beauty and monster . Her eyes burned like dying suns.“Selina ,” she said, her voice neither loud nor soft, but vast , an echo that filled the space between her heartbeat and her breath. “You betrayed me.”Selina raised her head, defiant even through ex
The Chains Between Us
The mountain smelled of fresh air and cool breeze . The air whispering the calm remains from above .Dripping water echoed like a heartbeat from the spring right above the corner. beyond the mountain chatters of villagers Brough hope . Marco stood on top of a rock , the cold breeze swept across his face , paradise filled his mind , the thought of being free from Malakai dungeon , his void gave him peace of mind .Lexi stood a few paces away. The light from her aura clung to her armor, gilding her in molten red. Her eyes were bright , but her hands , her hands trembled, ever so slightly, before she forced them still at her sides.“are you feeling better ,” she said finally, her voice cutting through the silence.Marco shifted, his breath uneven. “ You, what are you doing here , I know you work for Malakai .A ghost of a smile crossed Lexi's lips, sharp and bitter. “ No , no , no , it isn't like that , " Malakai took me and tried to turn me into a monster. I refused. I know you
The Silent Dominion
The palace of obsidian breathed like a living thing , slow, immense, and cruel. Shadows pulsed along the walls in rhythm with a heart that did not belong to any mortal or god. From the deepest chamber, where the floor itself was carved from the bones of forgotten kings, Malakai sat upon his throne of dusk and flame.He did not blink.He did not need to.The air trembled beneath his presence thick with the residue of fear and the perfume of death. All around him, silence coiled like smoke. Only the faint echo of whispers danced through the hall, not voices of servants or spirits, but the mutterings of reality bending to his will.And then a flicker.Something broke the stillness.A sound not of this world: a scream echoing through the tether of souls.Malakai’s crimson eyes flicked open. The scream was distant yet too near. It was the sound of a mind fracturing, a spirit tearing at its own reflection. His lips curved into the faintest smile.“Ah,” he murmured, the word vibratin
A Thousand Voices of Me
Darkness was not absent. It was weight , breathing, whispering, alive.Marco sitting down on a bench on top of the mountain drifted within it, the remnants of his mind caught in the current like ash in still water. He didn’t remember when he had stopped falling; he only knew that every direction led inward.The first voice came softly, like a ripple across glass.“You thought of yourself as chosen.”Ruby’s tone or something that wore her tone , bent around him. Her voice had always been hot; now it was ice that bit.“The mighty warrior , The protector. But look at you now. “ You can’t even think without drifting to this world, this world of imagination, this world of fog , you can't move without shaking.”“ Pathetic” . She spitted out .He tried to speak, but his words were swallowed. The void pulsed, slow and steady, like a heart that refused to die.“Ruby,” he managed.“No,” she answered, and the sound multiplied , her face peeling away from shadow into hundreds of faces,
The Ember’s call
The mountain was silent again.Wind whispered through the high passes, stirring the ash of old prayers. The Ancient One stood upon the ledge where Marco had once vanished through the portal, his robes whispering like dying leaves.For the first time in centuries, he looked happy .“ I remember when I went inside there , hoping to return, nothing knowing I would be tortured , kidnapped, " Marco murmured . his voice frayed with worry. “weeks have passed and I am finally here .”Behind him, stood in quiet defiance of her fear. Sophia sighed in relief as she blurted out “ I was really scared for you , I thought you were never going to return , I feared Malakai had done something worse to you “."Something worse than death ,” he whispered. "He actually did , he tormented my mind , he played with my fear , he tried to break me .”The Ancient One turned, eyes like polished obsidian.“Marco Valenti it wasn't an easy task , being in the void for weeks and you are not broken , you are
Ash and Ascension
Marco walked up to the mountain , wounded , hurt .The first thing Marco felt was heat.Not the warmth of sunlight or the kiss of a hearth, but a suffocating blaze that seemed to exist beneath his skin. He woke in darkness yet light trembled from within him, veins glowing faintly gold before dimming again, like a dying star gasping for air.Sophia saw Marco and ran to him .Surprised, she said “ how are you here , how did you get out Malakai void “ he whispered hoarsely. “ I don't know, all I know is I woke up a few meters from the mountain and walked here, I Don't know, how I got out “ Sophia assisted him to a chair, He sat up slowly. The walls around him were not stone but ash compacted layers of burned memories. Every movement disturbed a thousand whispers. Faces formed and dissolved in the gray mist, some familiar, some monstrous.Then came the voice , faint, like breath through cracked glass.“You wear my fire well, for a man of dust.”Marco froze. The voice belon
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