Chapter 1: Misty Gorge’s Lure  Jimmy Chilla’s boots crunched on velvet fronds, the misty gorge’s azure glint pulsing through lush canopies. Sapphire torrents roared, their spray mingling with orchid fragrance as downy ferns brushed his legs. Nora, her lithe form framed by auburn tresses, studied a mark-woven slab, her linguist’s mind decoding ancient scripts. Lila,...

Chapter 1: The Invite That Changed My Boring Night  The warehouse hunkered in the October 2025 haze like a dozy dragon too lazy to puff smoke, its corrugated sides rising like rusted scales under the sodium glow of distant streetlamps that buzzed faintly against the encroaching dusk, casting long shadows that stretched like fingers reaching for the horizon where the city lights began to...