Return To Corestone: Demuter’s First Side Quest · A Novella from the Mythos of the Hollowed Souls Universe (Mythos of the Hollowed Souls · Side Quests #1)

In a world built on necessary lies, loyalty is the sharpest weapon of all.

When a missive from Etan’ash—Evermate of Empress Thelyrah—summons Demuter back to Corestone, he knows the request is far from simple. A “delicate matter” in the dwelling of Empresses can only mean one betrayal.

Demuter, once Thelyrah’s most trusted Fa’loom and now her covert agent, returns to Corestone, plunging into memory, desire, and danger. Old bonds flare, forbidden secrets whisper through crystal corridors, and Demuter finds himself walking the same razor’s edge that cost him so much over twenty annums ago.

But even as Corestone trembles from within, the greater danger presses ever closer. The nightmarish realm of Ihatithre bleeds at the edges of reality. Every betrayal inside Nuama risks widening the cracks that hold Ihatithre at bay—and one wrong step could ignite a fire that consumes them all.

*Note from the author—Demuter has become one of my favorite characters! He's strong, tall, and endlessly devoted to Thelyrah and her reign. He appears in other Side Quests, as well as the main series!