Our First Life Was Fire Burning Bright

"Seven names. Seven deaths. One god who will burn the world to keep the flame." Seven lifetimes. Seven names. One insatiable god. Kaelos is the Hollow One—an ancient, celestial void who watched the birth of stars and the first fall of man. He is the beginning without an end, a monster from the deep who has found the one thing that can momentarily fill his emptiness: a single, flickering soul. From the mythic dawn of pre-history to the neon-drenched cradle of a dying future, Kaelos pursues her. He does not just want her; he hungers for her. In the Mythic Dawn, he finds Aethelgard, a vibrant spark who challenges him with a raw, fearless openness. In the Age of Iron, he watches Adelaide, a noble soul haunted by an absent grief she cannot name. In the Modern Rebirth, he meets Elara, an old soul who finally sees the monster behind the beauty and knows the cycle must end. As she evolves from a "New Soul" to a "Mature" and "Old" one, her empathy grows—and with it, the realization that Kaelos’s protection is a violent obsession. He will bind her in silver threads, carry her through iron frost, and drain the world dry just to keep her pulse beating. The Hunger is violent. The Hunger is true. And after seven breaths, the world will finally learn what happens when a flame goes out.Updates MWF at 9 am CST