somewhatnaive

Some secrets are buried in silence. Others refuse to stay hidden.

Elara never expected a knock on her neighbor’s door to change everything. But when Liam—silent, guarded, and wrapped in mystery—hands her a note instead of speaking, she realizes his silence holds more than unspoken words. It holds a past he cannot outrun.

A forgotten journal. A map leading to a place that shouldn’t exist. A door buried in the earth—waiting to be opened. As Elara and Liam follow the clues, the shadows around them stir, whispering of something lost… and something that wants to be found.
What happens when you listen to the silence?

You hear the things that were never meant to be spoken.

When Silence Speaks

The darkness at the center of the city pressed in on them, suffocating and heavy, like a storm about to break. Elara stood at the edge of the swirling vortex, her pulse racing as the city around her seemed to bend and warp, every stone, every beam of light twisting beneath the weight of the malevolent force that threatened to consume everything. 


Liam stood just behind her, his presence steady, though she could feel the same tension in him—the same readiness to fight, even as the shadows loomed larger. The air crackled with an unnatural energy, thick with a sense of doom. Elara had never felt more certain of one thing: They were no longer just battling for survival. They were fighting for the very soul of the city, for both worlds hanging by the thinnest of threads. 


Chapter Twenty-Four: The Broken Gate