Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Weight of a Name
Elias, Leo, Sera, and Corbin descend into the tunnel system at dawn, following the accelerating pulse to a previously unseen door. A confrontation with the stranger reveals the heart of the hill is a sentient alchemical construct, and the price is Elias's bloodline. The chapter ends with the seal cracking and a low hum building to a deafening roar.
Dawn came gray and damp. Leo woke to the smell of cold tea and something metallic—burnt wire, maybe, or old copper. The workshop was quiet except for the soft hiss of an oil lamp Sera had trimmed to a thread of flame.
She sat at the table, the journal open, her pencil moving in small, precise strokes. She didn't look up when Leo stirred.
"You sleep?" he asked.
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