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To Love a Monster

He is a dark abyss—it should not be so tempting to fall in. *** To be a Lock is to be a conductor between ordinary and abnormal, between reason and insanity. It is to be a keyhole that lets one peek into the Great Beyond, and a part of the door that opens the world. It is to be sought, and hunted, and seduced by all who crave power. The magic is unnatural to this world, yet humans still fly towards arcane knowledge like moths towards a flame. Creatures of nightmares prowl just beyond the veil that protects the fragile minds of mortals, taking their pick of helpless prey. Maya Alvarez has no reasons to think she’s different from other people. No reasons, except for a single incident in her past. All she wants is to write her books and one day, maybe, become famous. Until her best friend goes missing, and Maya has no choice but to admit—she’s not insane. The world is. The pair of eyes darker than a starless night falls on Maya, and shadows surround her to never let go.

Garessta · Fantasie
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94 Chs

An introduction to time shenanigans

We explore the tracks in the dust. Most are too smudged to say much, but it's clear that many people were there on different occasions. Most tracks create a path between the entrance and one of the two rooms on the other side of the hall.

Others, much older ones, show their creators' interest in the machinery on the walls—or maybe in tapestries. But I bet on the machinery.

Finally, I and Zeke explore the other doors. The time flow changed behind each of them. Behind one time is slightly slower than in the great hall, and the room itself appears to be an old storage of sorts—boring. But the other one…

I sense the change in the time flow even before we approach it. Zeke feels something, too, because he tenses. We hear muffled sounds of voices from the inside—strangely familiar voices. But a second later, Zeke shakes his head and relaxes.