damaged_dom

Three days. Three days since the black card sat on my coffee table, since the contract lay unfolded beside it, since I signed my name in shaky cursive without reading a single line of the fine print.

The fire crackled like a living thing, throwing orange shadows across the dark wooden floorboards. Candles flickered on the coffee table, their wax dripping slow and deliberate, and the incense burned

# The Lake Above the Mountains Astrid crouched near the edge of the mountain lake, her fingers working through the thick patches of cloudberries that grew along the mossy rocks. The mist hung low aro

Rain hammered the forest canopy like a war drum, each drop slicing through the dark leaves above. Oracle Archer pushed through the undergrowth, mud sucking at his boots, leather armor slick and heavy