Two Promises, One Relic

Two vows bind them to one relic and one road. Fail the quest and Lanternbreak stays leashed to fear. Win it, and the relic will demand a price: the one person who finally feels like home, and the secret he won't name. Before dawn!
Lanternbreak survives by staying quiet. Doors close early, questions stay unasked, and a hum in the chapel teaches every heartbeat to obey. When the village's hidden relic starts to wake, Cora becomes the first person to feel what the silence has been hiding. Decla...