Intelligence from captured riftspawn and interrogated turncoats finally bore fruit. Luciana’s hidden base lay concealed within a fractured pocket of the veil itself—a shifting cavern complex just beyond the main rift, anchored by stolen Seraphiel relics. Thorne had fled there after the major defeat, but Luciana remained the true spider at the center of the web.
Riven and Liora led a small, elite infiltration team under the cover of a temporary veil-storm. Disguised with illusion weaves and moving with practiced stealth, they slipped through the unstable boundary. The air inside the base tasted of ozone and old blood. Shadowy corridors pulsed with eclipsed energy.
They encountered minimal resistance at first—Luciana’s arrogance had left the outer defenses thin. But as they penetrated deep
