Walking with Shadows: Part II, Chapter Eight
The chamber is breached at dawn. No blood. No struggle. Captain Meydoka realizes the night’s greatest danger is only beginning.
The Key
“This object is still being located.” No account agrees on where the key was forged, only that it should never be used. It is said to be fashioned from a pale metal unlike any known ore, impossibly thin yet unyielding to hammer or flame. Those who have held it describe
Walking with Shadows: Part II, Chapter Seven
The safest room in Ythoriss is no longer safe. As Captain Meydoka fights to break into the tower, a mysterious stranger calmly carries out a plan no one saw coming.
Swampboy
The first man died screaming. The second never had the chance. By the time Skyfe pulled his sword free, the wyvern was already among them. Its wings tore through the trees, scattering leaves and branches across the camp. Men who had fought beside Skyfe for years disappeared beneath claws and
Walking with Shadows: Part II, Chapter Six
No wall is high enough. No lock is strong enough. As the Lord Senator waits alone inside Ythoriss’s highest tower, the impossible quietly steps into the room.
The Staff of Lorre
“Recovered in fragments.” No relic has inspired more pilgrimages than the Staff of Lorre. Some insist it was carved from the First Tree, whose roots once stretched through the heart of the Garden of Lorre before the world knew kings, borders, or war. Others dismiss the tale as comforting myth.
Walking with Shadows: Part II, Chapter Five
Hidden within Ythoriss’s highest tower, the Lord Senator challenges the very captain trying to keep him alive. Pride proves as formidable an enemy as the darkness beyond the walls.
Good Journeys
“People often ask why we say ‘Good journey’ instead of simply ‘farewell.’ They expect a grand answer. Heroes. Kings. Some forgotten decree. The truth is much older than kingdoms.” – Blink Long before the roads were patrolled, before bridges bore names and milestones marked the distance between villages, every journey was
Walking with Shadows: Part II, Chapter Four
The city falls quiet. Too quiet. Captain Meydoka trusts his oldest friend with the Senator’s safety as an unseen threat closes in. Some vows are kept with steel.
The Coin
“This item remains elusive. Composite sketch compiled from conflicting eyewitness accounts. Its true appearance remains uncertain.‘ Most who glimpse it mistake it for an ordinary coin, worn smooth by countless hands. It is never found where it was last seen. A merchant discovers it beneath his till. A child uncovers
Walking with Shadows: Part II, Chapter Three
The city walls should have held. Instead, fear spreads faster than steel as an unseen killer strikes from every direction, leaving Captain Meydoka to face an enemy no soldier can find.
The Bracelet
"You're always telling me to leave relics where I find them," I said. "I wasn't always so disciplined." Blink looked up from the scroll he was cataloging, one furry brow arching over his enormous eyes. "No," he muttered. "I