Abyssborn

se into

as the Abyss turned

ng thing. The runes on the stone floor flickered violently,

son tightly. His small hand was still outstr

s palm onto the stone platform. The sigils flared with brilliant l

, his voice sharp. "If he pul

off as a shadow t

. She turned, shielding her child

t to halt

quivered, as

dared to

e saw stole

void. It had form-it had eyes. Cou

e all lookin

ithered thro

is o

he hissed through clenched teeth.

tiny fingers curling. The shadows quiv

gh!" He slammed both hands down. The ba

rd the cracks of the chamber. The countless ey

The air, thick wit

ng her child close. His eyelids drooped

s hands trembling slightly. He tu

is something the Abyss

lowed. "What d

itated, the

e Abyss is a

-

isition

y, Malagar's forces rea

, but the knights rode on, their torches

, we've confirmed it-the heretic

eyes narrowed.

don't know yet. But the Ex

Then they know the

march at dawn. No one lea

roared the

was nea

-

for Kn

r, Seraphina sat beside her sl

nearby, watching th

didn't you?

diately. When he did,

Abyss. I have seen horrors that w

ed to f

ight was something differe

And you think it was

oodline. Perhaps it's something more." He crossed his arms. "Either way

e dropped to he

eady kn

w whether it was a

-

ent W

the darkest corners of th

, older than the world itsel

first time i

ned it

byss

Beyond Un

s, something anc

nds. It existed beyond time, beyond the laws of creation, lur

... it

t stretched across the void, reaching

the presence

y child-something m

And yet... he to

e in eternity, th

ough for the ba

-

hina'

ehead. His small chest rose and fell with steady,

what had happened

ed to him. And worse.

ut sharp. "You said you could teach me to fight it.

diately. His gaze remained

is expression unreadable. "Your son is no ordinary being. If the Abyss recoiled from him,

d her fists. "The

ied her for a long

e said. "Then

-

ition's As

storm clouds as Malagar's

g the walls with bows and spears. Even those who had long abandoned wa

ised his s

the ground,"

isition

d against steel, and the mountai

onghold, Seraphina felt the

tion had co

oded man. "No more w

Seraphina." He motioned toward the passageway leading de

harply, adjusting h

ough the A

-

byss

ths of the unseen world, the anci

s. No will as mor

the events unfold,

ot wait for the c

d come

arrived, there would

consu