Living Echoes

A broken wand offers one passage to Labyrinth. The danger lies in what they might bring back.

Elisa was hurled far from home. Chime followed so she would not be alone. Firemind paid for their escape in stone, and now his shattered body waits for a miracle. Two weeks later, Rishi, Maeril, and Grim force open the remains of his portal and step through before it burns out behind them.

Maeril prepared for distance, dangerous passages, and guarded thresholds. She did not prepare for someone who knows exactly how she searches. Her spells return true answers twisted into useless shapes. Every promising door opens onto an empty room. Whoever is hiding Elisa understands Maeril’s wardcraft from the inside—and is using it to keep the rescuers away.

In Labyrinth, help carries a price and every threshold can become a bargain. The closer Rishi and Maeril come to Elisa, the more dangerous their original plan becomes. The route they opened to save their family may also let an old enemy follow them home.

To bring their family home, they must discover what their heroism would unleash—and change before the final door opens.