Shard Bound Seris

Intro Veilrend 25 – The Burned Cage Part 2 And with effort that cracked the edges of his prison, he pushed her back—just enough to reassert the fragile shell of identity. Outside, Ashren screamed. His mind had unraveled from what it saw—not from the shard’s power, but from Seris’s defiance echoing through it. Ith’rael retreated for now, whispering. > “You’ll come around, Seris. They always do.” As her voice faded, Seris curled into himself once more—his will flickering, but not extinguished. He had been broken. But not beaten. And far away, in a place without stars, Thar’Zul stirred.