Series: Shadow Slave

In the next ten minutes, the foundations of Sunny’s worldview were shaken to the core. Kai had drowned him in a torrent of questions… all of which had nothing to…

Nephis changed a lot since the last time Sunny had seen her. Outwardly, she looked almost the same — tall, firm, and strangely distant, as though existing slightly apart from…

Soon after Nephis had finally come back to her senses, they prepared to leave the shelter of the giant stone hand. The morning had just begun, so there was plenty…

Soon, they were standing beneath the impregnable stone walls of the mysterious city. Behind them, the great chasm of the vast crater stretched to the horizon. Somewhere ahead, the lone…

Neither Nephis nor Sunny wanted to climb down from the wall, because that would leave them with no path of retreat should something terrible happen. Without the need to discuss…

Nephis stared at him for a few moments, then turned her head to Cassie and said: “Follow behind us.” The three of them cautiously approached the entrance to the tower…

…Shellshocked by her words, the three of them stared at the young woman with pale faces. Sunny felt something brittle and precious shattering in his heart, piercing it with an…

Sunny stared at her, trying to understand the meaning behind the strange words. “What do you mean?” Effie shrugged. “The castle belongs to a man named Gunlaug. If you want…

After the shocking revelation about the cruel futility of their long and arduous journey to the Dark City, the desire to reach the promised castle that kept the three of…

In the morning, they set out for the castle. Before leaving the safe haven of the granite tower, Effie gave them a list of instructions: “Follow behind me. Listen to…