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Whispers of Halcyon
The Aetherbound Series: Prequel Novella

Before Thornridge Academy revealed its secrets… before Tristan Maren arrived and the Aether stirred… there was Quentin Flax.

Haunted by dreams that bleed into reality, Quentin has always felt like he’s walking between worlds. As a first-year student of House Halcyon, he is quiet, observant, and burdened by a gift he doesn’t understand: dreamwalking. What begins as vivid, surreal visions soon twists into something more dangerous—memories that aren’t his, voices that echo in waking hours, and shadows moving in forgotten corners of the academy.

When a chance encounter leads him deep beneath Thornridge into the hidden halls of the Aetherbound Order, Quentin begins to unravel a legacy entwined with an ancient force—the Spiral—and a truth the academy has buried for generations.

But he’s not alone.

Mentored by cryptic guides and stalked by phantoms from both past and future, Quentin must confront his lineage, the cost of unlocking forbidden knowledge, and the fear that some destinies are already written in the stars.

Whispers of Halcyon is a mesmerizing dark-academia novella about secrets, shadowed legacies, and the quiet strength it takes to face the unknown. Dive into the origin of the Aetherbound—and witness the first ripple in the storm to come.