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Chapter 90:The House That Wouldn't Let Go
CHAPTER 90 — The House That Wouldn’t Let GoElliott stood in the doorway of his childhood home, and the world went quiet.Not the peaceful, contemplative quiet of a forest at dusk.Not even the hollow quiet of the shard’s illusion chamber.This was the silence of a wound that had never fully healed.The air inside the house was stale, unmoving, as if time here had held its breath for years. Dust coated the old furniture. Sunlight filtered through curtains he recognized—faded blue with stitched stars he’d insisted on as a child. Every creak of the floorboards felt like a memory dragging itself awake.Behind him, Lyra, Serinda, and Gorrun flickered into view—spectral, translucent, not quite present, but close enough that he could feel them trying to reach him through the illusion.“Elliott?” Lyra’s voice was a faint echo, as though coming from another world entirely. “We’re here. You’re not alone.”He swallowed.“I know,” he whispered. “But… I think I’m supposed to do this part alone.”
Chapter 89:The Shard Of Twisted Futures
Chapter 89 — The Shard of Twisted FuturesThe stairs spiraled downward far longer than Elliott expected. Longer than any reasonable architect would ever design, which probably meant the architects of Solinaris weren’t particularly reasonable people. Or maybe they just hated staircases that ended.Either way: Elliott’s calves were filing a formal complaint.“Anyone else starting to suspect this staircase is, uh… infinite?” he asked, planting a hand on the wall as they turned yet another bend.Lyra peered over the railing into the violet-lit abyss below. “It’s finite. Just enchanted to feel infinite.”“That’s… somehow worse,” Elliott muttered.Gorrun grunted. “Stairs build discipline.”“I have enough discipline,” Elliott wheezed.“You do not.”Serinda, annoyingly unaffected, glanced back at him with a faint smile. “The enchantment tests endurance. The shard below is dangerous. The city wants to know we’re committed.”“Trust me,” Elliott said, dragging himself down another step, “I regre
Chapter 88: The City That Remembers Your Name
Chapter 88 — The City That Remembers Your NameThe storm had barely passed when Elliott Fen realized something was watching them.Not in the usual “some eldritch-hungry-beast-wants-a-snack” kind of way, nor the “your choices have consequences, please reconsider” kind of way. No, this was different. This one felt… personal. Like the stone walls around them had eyes, and those eyes had opinions.The group had just entered Solinaris, the Forgotten City of Echoes, the oldest settlement in the Relicborne world and supposedly the birthplace of the very first shard-keepers. The legends claimed the city didn’t just hold memories—it collected them. Every voice, every step, every heartbreak, every whispered secret was said to soak into its impossible walls like water into old parchment. And those memories? They spoke back.Right now, they were whispering.And Elliott really wished they weren’t.“Okay,” he muttered, pulling his cloak closer as the faint voices drifted around them like curious gh
Chapter 87: Terms Of Dusk
CHAPTER 87 — Terms of DuskDusk arrived too fast.The sun bled down the far ridge in a smear of bronze and ash, leaving long shadows across the valley. Fires flickered in uneven clusters — not for warmth, but so no one stood in the dark alone.Auren stood at the center of the amphitheater again, but this time the space felt smaller, as though the stone itself sensed the tension.Eira paced like a storm that hadn’t decided where to land.Silas sharpened the same knife for the sixth time, purely to avoid thinking.Lyra scanned the ridges with eyes narrowed to slits.Corren attempted to appear calm and failed spectacularly.Maelis sat beside Auren, chin on her knees. “You’re shaking.”“I know,” he said.“You should stop.”“I know.”She bumped her shoulder lightly against him. “Just do your best.”He smiled despite everything. “I will.”They heard Serin before they saw her.Footsteps — slow, deliberate — descending the ridge.But she wasn’t alone this time.Two figures followed her, both
Chapter 86: The One They Sent
CHAPTER 86 — The One They SentShe arrived without ceremony.No banners.No entourage.No weapons visible.Just a lone woman walking across the valley floor at dawn, her cloak pulled tight against the wind, her steps steady and unhurried — as though the land itself had promised not to shift beneath her feet.Auren felt her before he saw her.A cold, precise awareness brushing against the edges of his mind. Not invasive. Not aggressive. But exact — like someone surveying an unfinished structure and mentally circling every point of weakness.Eira’s hand drifted toward her blade. “That’s her.”Silas shaded his eyes. “She’s early.”Lyra’s voice dropped lower. “Or eager.”Corren cleared his throat. “Do we… greet her? Wait for her? Throw rocks from a respectful distance?”No one answered.When she finally reached them, she stopped a few paces away. Her face was calm — not emotionless, but settled, like someone who had already made peace with every decision she might have to make today.She
Chapter 85: When Patience Ends
CHAPTER 85 — When Patience EndsThe response came faster than expected.Not from the sky.Not from the Sigil.From people who had decided waiting was no longer acceptable.The first delegation arrived at noon.They came with banners — not symbols of power, but of belonging. Guild marks. City crests. Trade insignia. Proof that they represented something larger than themselves.Eira watched from the ridge. “This isn’t observation anymore.”“No,” Lyra agreed. “This is negotiation under threat.”Auren felt it before they spoke — the tightening of intent, the weight of expectation pressing inward. The Shared Sigil responded, humming softly, alert but restrained.Good, he thought. Stay that way.They met at the stone amphitheater, open to the valley and deliberately without barriers.The delegates stood in a loose semicircle — merchants, magistrates, labor leaders, a few familiar faces from cities that had once embraced optimization wholeheartedly.One stepped forward — a woman with sharp e
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