
The Bone City’s Shadow
The air in Vareth stank of rust and old blood, a metallic tang that clung to the back of Kaela’s throat. She pressed her palm against the cold iron gate of the lower district, feeling the vibrations of something deep…
The air in Vareth stank of rust and old blood, a metallic tang that clung to the back of Kaela’s throat. She pressed her palm against the cold iron gate of the lower district, feeling the vibrations of something deep…
## The Echo Bloom The air tasted of sulfur and iron, a familiar tang to Lyra. Her boots crunched on obsidian dust as she descended the geothermal stairwell, the rhythmic pulse of the earth thrumming against her ribs. Above, the…
## The Husk Cities The air tasted like wet iron and blooming rot. Old Man Tiber, they called him, though he couldn’t be more than sixty, the marsh leeched years. He adjusted the oilskin cowl tighter around his face as…
## The Static Bloom The salt spray tasted like iron, clung to Maya’s eyelashes. Three sunrises bled into one another on the horizon – a bruised violet, an angry ochre, and the dull ruby of K’tharr. She hadn’t slept properly…