Articles by Shade

The medical wing had finally descended into a heavy, clinical quiet. Most of the lights were dimmed, leaving the room washed in the muted glow of the Moena skyline as it filtered through the transparisteel window. Far below, the city moved in an endless, indifferent crawl, ships gliding through...

The cell was dark. Not the kind of darkness that unsettled a mind—but the kind Shade had learned to breathe in since childhood. Cold stone, narrow walls, a faint hum of power restraints threaded through the air like distant static. She sat on the floor with her back to the wall, hands resting...