Esoterica 1: Liam's Awakening: A Lovecraftian Fantasy Harem Adventure (Esoterica Chronicles) by Virgil Knightley

Author:Virgil Knightley [Knightley, Virgil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sort4
Publisher: Eldritch Blade
Published: 2021-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

Part 2

Prologue

DAHLIA: Malicious Intent

Dahlia emerged through the swirling red portal, landing on her feet with grace. Rebecca didn’t fare nearly as well. As the brunette tumbled out of the gateway, she hit the ground with an inelegant thud. Dahlia looked away to hide the intense rolling of her eyes that she couldn’t help, despite her best efforts.

“On your feet, Rebecca,” she said. “We didn’t come here to lie on our backs.” She chose her words poorly. The combination made her think of the fact that this toxic, noxious brown-eyed bitch had already had her way with her soulmate, digging her corrupting, evil tendrils that much deeper into him. She looked at Rebecca hatefully, unable to conceal her disdain. Thankfully her mission partner wasn’t looking in her direction at the moment.

Dahlia was surprised that the brunette with the poisonous aura had the gall to request her help on this mission. She accepted, despite her best instincts, but after everything that had happened recently, she knew this was the right move—the only choice. She had to get some time alone with Rebecca at some point or another, though the thought made her sick.

The black starlit sky around them swirled madly. They were on a rock hurtling through space, hidden somewhere between dimensions. This asteroid was suspected to be a mostly-abandoned void source-world. Mostly abandoned didn’t spell s-a-f-e, though.

They started walking. The gravity was strange—heavier than what Dahlia was used to. The ground looked gravelly and brittle, but it had the density of iron at least. “Which way do we even go?” asked Rebecca.

Dahlia’s eyes flared white as she focused on her divinatory abilities. “That way,” she pointed toward their three o’clock. “And down.”

“Down?” Rebecca asked. “What does that mean?”

“Under the surface,” Dahlia answered. “There must be an entrance somewhere. I can sense a powerful aura. That’s why I’m here, right?”

“Right,” Rebecca said, looking away.

Dahlia eyed Rebecca as she averted her gaze. She seemed so innocent and sweet if all you could see was her face. Maybe she meant to be sweet. Maybe she had a good heart, but her soul was twisted, treacherous, and tainted with an evil that lay dormant. Every second Dahlia looked at her she felt as though her skin was crawling.

They kept trodding the alien sphere. The atmosphere around them was thick with malodorous mist. Murky vapors occasionally burst from geysers, causing Dahlia to cough.

“That can’t be good for us,” noted Rebecca. “Let’s finish this as quickly as possible.” But they trudged for more than an hour through similar terrain before arriving at last at a hole in the ground.

“In here,” Dahlia said. “The gate is underneath.”

Rebecca didn’t hesitate. She jumped down the hole, this time landing on her feet. Dahlia grumbled at the lost opportunity to see her fall on her ass again, but she followed behind not a moment later, nailing her landing once more.

Before them was a door carved in black stone—the source of the aura that Dahlia had felt. “This is it,” she said. “There is a dark aura coming from this door.

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