The Wall of Silence

The Wall of Silence The city had once been called Berlin. Now it had no name. No one bothered with labels anymore. The streets were choked with vines and rusting cars, the skyline a jagged line of broken teeth against a perpetual grey sky. The Infection had arrived seven years earlier—not with fanfare, but with […]

The Weight of Gold and Ice

The Weight of Gold and Ice The lobby of the Grand Regency was not merely a hotel entrance; it was a cathedral of excess. Gold-veined marble floors stretched toward vaulted ceilings painted with frescoes of angels, and the air carried the heavy, suffocating scent of expensive lilies. It was a place designed to make the […]