At the center of the slick cobblestones lay a fragment of a monument—a broken slab of dark stone, carved with a single, unmistakable symbol: a downward spike piercing three concentric rings. The mark of the Earth Piercer .
“I’m going down,” he said.
But Kaelen had already stepped off the dock’s edge, sinking into the black water, the glow of the Earth Piercer pulling him like a star falling backward through mud.
Soryn laughed—a hollow, wet sound. “Boy, the Depths are kinder than what you’ll find down there. The Church’s ghosts don’t forgive.”
“You idiot,” she hissed. “What did it show you?”
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“I’m going down,” he said.
But Kaelen had already stepped off the dock’s edge, sinking into the black water, the glow of the Earth Piercer pulling him like a star falling backward through mud. deepwoken earth piercer
Soryn laughed—a hollow, wet sound. “Boy, the Depths are kinder than what you’ll find down there. The Church’s ghosts don’t forgive.” At the center of the slick cobblestones lay
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