Blood, Bone and Secrets

s straining to adjust to the dim light. The stone walls, covered in centuries of grime and ancient markings, seemed to close in around her. Every step she took echoed loudly in the quiet, r

ecting her to follow without question. But Kael was anything but comfortable. She could feel the weight of the unseen around her, the sense of something dark

didn't care. She had to remind herself that every step she took now was a step closer to the answers s

uch the cold stone, her fingers tracing the jagged edges of the symbols etched into the walls. The markings were unfamiliar to her, their meanings beyond her unde

her. His face was shadowed, but his ey

lmost coaxing. "The Nexus is not just a portal. It is the foundation upon which all

. "What do you mean by 'break down'

not natural. Someone is trying to tear the Nexus someo

rt pounding harder

t he is not the only one. There are others. Creatures who have lived for millennia, watching from the s

alevolent-escaping into her world was a nightmare she wasn't prepared

quietly. "You are marked, Kaelira. Just like your brother. And you

t he had said. She had been marked. Arion had been marked. And now they were both part of some

her voice steady despite the an

once again echoing softly in the silence. "You'll see soon enough. But be warned, Kaelir

t of this tunnel and back to her old life if such a thing even existed anymore. But she knew better. There was no turning back now. Th

lls began to narrow, the space becoming claustrophobic. Kael had to keep reminding herself to br

it wasn't the dust that caught her attention was the symbols. Thousands of them, carved into the stone floor and the walls, all converging in the center of the room like some

voice barely a whisper in the vastness of the chamb

ide as she took in the enormity

created. Where the Nexus was forge

of the symbols, the ancient markings that pulsed with an otherworldly light. The power here was suffocating like it was trying to pull he

hts, low and insistent. "Touch it. Th

ipation, the magic wrapping around her like a vice. But something inside her told her to be cautiou

ave of pain through her body. She gasped, stumbling back as the symbols flared to life, the markings glowing with an intense, blinding light. Her

chains of light. She saw Draven, standing atop a mountain of bones, his eyes glowing with the fire of a thousand lost souls. And then,

called out, their word

aded. Her heart was racing, her head spinning. She could still hear the voices, stil

face unreadable. "You've see

r voice was shaky as she spoke.

" Nerys said quietly. "It's all connected. And now, y