by Kaylor Vane
He touched something in the dark. It touched back. Now Kael has two heartbeats. One is his. The other belongs to the dying thing buried beneath the mountain. A dungeon core that bonds to his blood, feeds on his suffering, and grows stronger every time he bleeds. The stone answers when he pushes. Walls move. Rooms form. Creatures die and the tunnels expand. It would be incredible if it weren't eating him alive. When refugees stumble into his tunnels, lost, starving, desperate, the dungeon offers them shelter. Warm stone. Clean water. Safe rooms. It also starts counting their heartbeats. Kael can protect them. He can build them a home in the deep. But the dungeon's hunger grows with every life inside its walls, and the cost is getting harder to ignore. Stone, blood, and the lines you swore you'd never cross. --------------------------------------- What to Expect - Dark progression fantasy - Dungeon core bond (human host) - Survival and settlement building - Moral descent and impossible choices - Monsters, delvers, and deep tunnels --------------------------------------- Release Schedule đ 8 chapters at launch âď¸ Daily updates during the first week đĄď¸ Regular updates â 5 chapters per week
