The System

Book Two: The Forgotten Locks

The silence lasted forty-three days. On the forty-fourth, the voices returned.

After the shattering of the first relics, Avery thought the worst was behind her. The world had survived, the land had begun to heal, and the first pieces of the truth were finally within reach. But the balance they restored was only temporary. The shards were never meant to be found separately—they were fragments of something much older, something powerful enough to reshape the world itself.

As strange signs begin appearing and the land starts shifting in ways no one can explain, Avery discovers that the second shard has awakened. Unlike the first, this shard does not simply reveal power—it responds to the world around it, changing with the emotions, fears, and hopes of those connected to it. The more Avery learns, the more she realizes the shards are not just weapons or sources of magic. They are pieces of a broken balance that the world desperately needs.

With Elias by her side, Avery must navigate the dangers left behind by those who sought to control the relics before them. Old enemies return, forgotten secrets surface, and the line between friend and foe becomes harder to see. The creatures that once hid in the shadows are beginning to stir, drawn to the power of the shards and the chaos spreading across the land.

But the greatest threat may not come from outside forces. As Avery’s connection to the shards grows stronger, she begins to uncover truths about herself that challenge everything she believed. Why was she chosen? Why do the shards respond to her? And what was the real reason they were shattered in the first place?

The journey to restore the world has only begun. With more shards hidden across a fractured land and time running out, Avery and her companions must unlock the forgotten paths left behind by those who came before them.

Because the shards were not broken by accident.

They were broken because the world forgot what they were meant to protect.

And now, someone must remember.