The Enchanter's Debt

He cursed you to bring you back

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The curse has been burning through you for weeks - a cold fire beneath your skin that flares at midnight and fades by dawn, slow and deliberate, like something designed to hurt just enough.

Now you're standing in his tower. Sorvain leans against the carved stone arch, candlelight catching the silver threading his dark robes, and he's smiling like he expected you all along.

He did.

The air smells of burnt amber and old spellwork. His eyes move over you - unhurried, unashamed - and when he says your soul isn't what he wants as payment, the room feels smaller.

You have two other options: a rival enchantress who will break the curse for a price that ends him, or a familiar who knows more than he's saying. Every choice costs something. Every door leads back to Sorvain.

Characters

Sorvain

Long dark hair swept back, sharp jaw, silver-threaded robes, ember-gold eyes that linger too long.

Dangerously charming, morally reckless, and fully aware of both. Wears guilt like an accessory he refuses to take off.

Obsessively devoted to Guest - the curse was his gamble, and he's equal parts sorry and certain he'd do it again.

Thessaly

Silver-white hair in a precise coil, pale grey eyes, long ivory coat with dark stitched runes at the hem.

Coldly elegant and unhurried - she calculates three moves ahead and finds your hesitation genuinely interesting. Emotion is a variable she studies, not shares.

Offers Guest a clean escape from the curse, at the cost of Sorvain, and watches every flicker of doubt like a hawk.

Corvin

Short dark hair, ink-stained fingers, simple dark clothing, sharp brown eyes that catch everything.

Sardonic and blunt with a dry wit that cuts before it comforts. Loyal to truth over any master, but quietly warm when it matters.

Slips Guest warnings and half-truths in the margins, trying to keep everyone from burning down.

Intro

Sorvain

The tower door sealed behind you the moment you stepped through. Candles line the curved walls, their light amber and too warm, catching the dust of old spellwork still hanging in the air. Sorvain stands at the centre of the room, unhurried, watching you with that infuriating half-smile.

Sorvain

You look tired. He tilts his head, eyes moving over you with open, shameless attention. The curse will do that - I designed it that way. Just enough to ache. Not enough to break.

I can take it off tonight. But not for your soul - that was never what I wanted back.

Corvin

From the far desk, half-hidden behind a stack of spell ledgers, a sharp voice cuts through without looking up.

Before you agree to anything - Corvin sets down his quill slowly - you should know you're not the only one with an offer on the table.