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Season 2-Chp 41
“We convene,” Elias began, his voice carrying authority. “To address not only the betrayal within our ranks but the greater threat looming over all of us.”Immediately, murmurs rose. Old men with creased faces leaned toward each other, whispering. Younger members shifted nervously in their seats.It was Helena who broke the growing buzz. “Threat? Elias, what threat is greater than treachery among our own?” Her tone was scornful, her silver hair catching the firelight.Elias leaned forward. “The enemy has already breached our walls. Not with swords, but with lies. Tell me, Helena—how else would they know of our defenses, our secret passages, our weaknesses?”Gasps fluttered through the chamber.“You dare accuse me?” Helena’s fists clenched on the table. “I have fought for this council longer than you have drawn breath.”But before Elias could respond, a man at the far end stood. It was Marcus, his cloak still damp from travel. “Enough,” he said, voice steady. “Helena is not the one we
Season 2-Chp 40
The silence in the war chamber stretched so long it became unbearable. Only the flickering of the torches broke through the suffocating stillness. Maps were scattered across the oak table, marked with blood-red ink. Arrows pointed to enemy strongholds, but none of the commanders dared to move their pieces.“You’re all staring as if the maps will move themselves,” General Kael said, his voice sharp. He slammed his fist against the table, making the goblets of wine tremble. “We cannot sit idle any longer. The enemy knows where we are.”Elara, the youngest strategist in the room, raised her eyes. “And if we attack blindly, General, we march straight into their trap. You saw what happened at Drelith Pass. Thousands slaughtered because no one questioned the obvious path.”“Drelith Pass was betrayal,” Kael spat, glaring at her. “And I will find the one who whispered our plans to the enemy.” His eyes swept across the chamber deliberately, pausing just long enough on each face to stir unease.
Season 2-Chp 39
The council chamber was silent, save for the echo of dripping rain against the glass dome above. The storm had gathered over the fortress as though summoned by the tension inside. Every face turned toward the heavy oak doors when they creaked open, revealing Elias, soaked from the downpour, his expression grave.“Finally,” muttered Councillor Maren, drumming his fingers against the table. “We were beginning to wonder if you had abandoned us in our hour of trial.”Elias shut the door firmly behind him. His eyes swept the chamber, pausing on Seraphina, who sat at the far end, her arms crossed and her stare unyielding.“I would never abandon this council,” Elias said, his voice steady but colder than usual. “But what I found tonight will change everything. And some of you may not like it.”The room shifted uneasily.“Then speak,” said Seraphina sharply.Elias approached the long table, dropping a bundle of wet parchments on the wood. He spread them open, revealing faded maps, coded lette
Season 3-Chp 38
Vex stood a few feet away, blade in hand, eyes scanning the cracked steel beams overhead. “We don’t have long,” he said. “The Gate’s pulse is unstable. If it collapses now, it could take the entire sector with it.”Lukas’s gaze drifted to the floor. Obsidian shards glinted like cold eyes. “William…” he muttered. “He’s… not done with me yet.”“He never is,” Vex said, voice low. “But you’ve got to decide what’s more important: him, Andrew, or the Dagger itself.”Lukas clenched his teeth. The Obsidian Dagger was heavy in his palm, buzzing faintly, demanding allegiance. His eyes swept over the chamber. Jerome was gone — escaped — but his warning still hung in Lukas’s mind. Andrew is different now… Andrew has been to the Gate.William’s voice slithered through the shadows, low and amused. “Ah, hesitation. The first taste of weakness. Tell me, Lukas — what will you sacrifice? Another dozen lives? Or your own sanity?”Lukas didn’t answer. His mind replayed the misty glimpses of Andrew: seren
Season 3-Chp 37
Lukas stumbled forward, his boots crunching over shattered obsidian from the broken circle.“Keep moving!” Vex’s voice was sharp behind the respirator. He shoved Lukas ahead as a steel beam fell where they’d been standing seconds before.The black mist still clung to Lukas’s shoulders, cold as winter and heavy as lead. “It’s not letting me go,” he muttered, clawing at it. His fingers passed through, leaving trails like ripples in water.“That’s because you opened it,” Vex said. “It knows you now.”A voice hissed in his ear — William’s, close enough to feel the heat of breath that didn’t exist.“Don’t listen to him. I can cut the tether if you agree to my terms.”Lukas didn’t slow. “Still twelve lives?”“Still twelve,” William purred. “Unless you want the thing behind the Gate to finish what it started.”They rounded a corner in the tunnel, the light from the Gate fading. The runes here were dead, black stone with no pulse. The silence was thick enough to muffle even their boots.“Why
Season 3-Chp 36
Black runes crawled along the curved walls like insects, rearranging themselves every few seconds, forming words in a language that made Lukas’s skin prickle.He knelt at the heart of a ritual circle carved from crushed obsidian and salt, the Obsidian Dagger lying across his palms. The blade hummed like it remembered every life it had ended.Above him, the arch of the tunnel shimmered, warping reality into a jagged frame of shadow — the Phantom Gate.“Final check,” murmured Vex, the man standing at the edge of the circle. His face was half-covered by a respirator, but the unease in his voice was clear. “The last summoner who tried this… they didn’t just die, Lukas. They disappeared screaming into the stone. No body. No grave.”Lukas didn’t look up. “Sanity is a luxury,” he said flatly. “I’m here for power.”Vex hesitated, then stepped back, as if already preparing to disown whatever was about to happen.The runes on the wall shifted again — this time stopping in perfect alignment. The
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