Book Two Teaser: Abyssborn – Empire of Shadows
Teaser Chapter
Chapter Teaser: The Shattered Veil
The night that followed the end of Book One was restless, as if the whole world trembled in anticipation. Across the scarred remains of the divine plane, echoes of ancient power stirred once more. In the darkened corridors of a ruined palace, a single figure waited.
Hikaru, now more myth than man, stood on a precipice of shattered dreams and rising dread. His eyes—a relentless amalgam of twilight and scarlet—surveyed a horizon now split by fissures of dying starlight and creeping darkness. Behind him, whispers of the fallen gods and the remnant souls of a tormented world echoed like a dirge.
A message came from the depths of the shattered veil: "They have not been forgotten." At that moment, a cold wind swept over him, carrying the scent of ozone, blood, and ancient secrets. The Abyss, though tamed in part by his will, was not entirely his to command. There were new forces at play—insidious, hidden, and hungry for the void of power.
A ripple surged across the cosmos, shaking the foundations of his carefully reclaimed sovereignty. Before him, a transient portal shimmered—a promise of forgotten realms and hostile legions. Out of the darkness, spectral warriors emerged: once mortal champions of the divine, now twisted into vengeful wraiths by the remnants of old godhood.
At the portal's edge, a lone figure emerged: cloaked in silver threads and marked with runes of rebellion, the new herald of destiny and doom. Her eyes burned with defiant brilliance as she offered a silent challenge. In that charged moment, Hikaru's destiny aligned with an unseen prophecy: the empire of shadows was rising, and only those who embraced the balance between ruin and renewal could hope to shape what came next.
"So, the game continues," he murmured, as thunder rolled across an empty sky. "The Abyss has many layers, and I have only begun to peel them away."
The stage was set for a war that would redefine existence—a war not only for freedom but for the very soul of creation itself. And with a single, resolute step, Hikaru stepped into the threshold of Empire of Shadows...