The Depths of the Heart
The world was breaking again.
By the time Kimberly and Elion returned to the temple ruins, the air itself seemed to twist and breathe. The ground rippled under their feet as though the veins of the Heart beneath were shifting, searching, awakening.
The moon, fractured and pulsing overhead, bled faint light across the sky—neither gold nor silver, but a dull crimson glow that deepened with each passing hour.
Kimberly pressed a hand to her chest. The rhythm of her heart no longer matched her body’s. It beat in time with the world’s. With her.
The Mirror Queen.
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The Call Beneath the Earth
“We can’t stay here,” Elion said quietly, watching the sky tremble. “Every hour the Queen’s influence spreads. She’s reaching for the Heart.”
Kimberly nodded, jaw tight. “T
