In this AU Alex Krycek has both of his arms. The war was over. The Syndicate lay in ruins, their black-oil conspiracies bleached by a sunlight they never thought would reach the shadows. Fox Mulder stood in the center of a sterile, high-security safe house, the silence of victory feeling heavier than the chaos of … Read more
The tea room was no longer a sanctuary; it was a courtroom where the laws of physics no longer mattered. Mago Samshin, the Goddess in Red, stood by the window, her silhouette sharp against a sky that had turned an unnatural purple. Beside her, the Almighty, inhabiting the body of the young boy, sat nonchalantly … Read more
The air in the abandoned warehouse didn’t just feel cold; it felt heavy, as if the shadows themselves had gained mass. Zhao Yunlan adjusted his coat, his eyes scanning the darkness. He had expected to meet a messenger, perhaps a captain of the guard. He didn’t expect the shadows to bleed together in the center … Read more
Three years in a cell had taught Matthias Corvain many things. How to count time by the changing light through the single barred window. How to recognize the footsteps of different guards. How to silence the voice in his head that whispered he’d made the wrong choice. He hadn’t. He would make the same choice … Read more
The captain’s cabin was filled with the scent of precious essences and the distant rhythm of waves against the hull. Joffrey sat at his heavy ebony table, maps spread out before him, the candlelight dancing across his scarred face. He was politeness personified — a politeness that hurt Angélique more than any open hatred. “You … Read more
The late afternoon sun stood low over Broken Flats, casting long, harsh shadows across the dusty main street. The town lay in the middle of nowhere, a cluster of weathered wooden buildings and empty lots surrounded by an endless stretch of cracked earth and low, brittle scrub. Once, people had come here full of hope—farmers, … Read more