The Coven of the Cornerstone: The essence stealers

Previously

…The future was uncertain, a vast, uncharted territory stretching before them. They were fugitives, hunted by enemies they barely understood, carrying a burden that promised only further peril. The Coven was shattered, its immediate threat neutralized, but the echo of its ambition, and the dark promise of the Orb shard, lingered like a venomous whisper. Lorenzo, Jose, and Elara stood on the precipice of a new, far more dangerous chapter, the remnants of a shattered temple at their backs, and a piece of oblivion held tight in Lorenzo's hand.