Chapter 1: The Day the Sky Went Quiet The sky didn’t thunder when the city fell. It went silent. ...

Chapter 1: The Day the Sky Went Quiet The sky didn’t thunder when the city fell. It went silent. Ash drifted through the air like snow, settling on broken rooftops and cracked stone streets. Ren Amaya stood at the edge of the ruins, his black cloak torn, his right hand clenched around a blade that no longer reflected light. The Silent Blade. A sword said to cut not flesh—but fate. Ren’s eyes were hollow. Not from fear. Not from exhaustion. From memory. “If you draw that sword,” his master had wa