The stars were sharp and cold above the perimeter of their camp in the mountains, casting a ghostly silver glow across the six figures sprawled around their flickering campfire. The wind whispered of secrets, rustling the edges of the tents and carrying the scent of damp moss and magic soaked earth.
Rhiannan lay wrapped in Elisha's thick dragon hide cloak, her fingers idly tracing the obsidian ring now pulsing faintly with her heartbeat. Her demon lay beside her, wings curled tight, claws twitching in dreams. Arwen snored gently with a dagger clutched to his chest. Kaleb and Liam took first watch, silent and still as shadows, eyes sharp and scanning.
But sleep didn't come easy. The trees groaned. The ground pulsed beneath them. Something ancient waited ahead...and they all felt it.
POV The Entity
Rage curled around him like smoke, thick, choking, and endless.
The entity stood atop a mountain of bones in a forgotten corner of the void, glaring down at the black pool where the last threads of his shattered shadow army twisted in agony. Failure.
That fucking wolf pack. That cursed pentacle. That meddling goddess.
He roared, a sound that cracked the veil between realms and sent crows screaming from dead trees. He clutched his obsidian staff, the runes along it burning blood-red.
They were winning. That wasn't supposed to happen.
And worse...he couldn't see everything anymore. The goddess had shielded them, just enough to tip the scales.
What if they're turning on me?
The thought crept in like rot. His yellowed eyes narrowed.
Queen Lorelei. That smug, venomous little siren.
And the bone seer... always slithering in shadows, pretending to serve.
No. He would not be betrayed. Not again.
The throne room of the palace twisted unnaturally as the entity stepped through the veil, his presence warping light and choking the air.
The queen jolted in her velvet chair, wine spilling from her gold chalice. "What in the seven fucks are you doing..."
He moved like smoke.
Before she could scream, his clawed hand was around her throat, and his other pressed to her stomach.
"A gift," he hissed, voice like splintered bone. "A little... insurance."
A jet black tendril of sentient shadow slithered from his palm, winding itself into her body. Her back arched, mouth agape in a silent scream as the seed rooted itself behind her ribs.
It would hear. It would see.
And if she even thought of betrayal... it would eat her alive from the inside out.
She collapsed, trembling, blood dripping from her ears. "Yyyou bastard..."
He grinned. "Smile for Faenet."
POV The Bone Seer
She watched from the shadows of the pillar room, skeletal fingers clenched in her robes.
He turned to her next.
"You may be to strong for seeds," he sneered. "But not for reminders."
He raised his hand, and her bones screamed, splintering, bending, almost snapping as a thousand years of pain flooded her in an instant. The seer fell to one knee, coughing blood into her hands.
"I don't care who you think you serve. You serve me now." He snarled visciously.
He vanished in a wisp of smoke, the silence behind him deafening.
She lay still for a long moment, until finally..finally, her trembling hand pushed her off the floor.
She moved like death itself through the palace's secret passages. The shadows welcomed her. The stone remembered her steps.
She fled.
Gone before dawn.
Gone before her absence could be questioned.
Only the rats witnessed her departure...and they didn't speak.
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📺 Footage shows the entity materializing mid throne room, black smoke ripping through crystal floors, guards SCREAMING, and Queen Lorelei just... standing there.
Eyes BLACK as void. Grinning.
Not. Saying. A. Word.
The king?
NOT EVEN IN THE FUCKING ROOM.
💬 @PentacleStan101
Bro where tf is King Kristoff? The demon just teleported in and the man went poof. Was he ever real? Is he in a dungeon? Is he crying in the bathtub? WE NEED ANSWERS.
💬 @SableMeDaddy
The Queen's eyes? FULL BLACK. She looked like she was possessed by death's left nipple. That's not a beauty filter. 👁️🗨️🖤💀 #QueenOfNothing
💬 @ElishaIsDaddy
Why is the rebellion not storming the castle?! She's clearly corrupted. The KING is GONE. The entity is treating the throne room like a revolving door. WAKE UP PEOPLE. 🗣️🔥 #RiseUpNow
💬 @DivineTruthDrop
That wasn't a glitch. That was pure darkness in her eyes. The entity has his claws in deep. Rebellion better get their shit together or we're all doomed. #DarkCrown
💬 @MoKnows
Mo (the baby monkey) LIVE just now:
"That bitch smell like brimstone."
I SCREAMED. 😭🦍🔥 #MoSaidItNotMe
💬 @KalebsClaws
Meanwhile our Pentacle out here WALKING INTO THE BONE FOREST BARELY ALIVE and y'all still kissing the queen's ass??? Do better. #ProtectTheSix
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We know where Rhiannan is. We know what the Pentacle is doing. But WHERE 👏 IS 👏 THE 👏 KING?!
If this is a setup... we riot.
#KristoffComeOutCoward
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