Whispers Beneath the Veil
When an unnatural silver mist descends upon four ordinary people on Earth, their world is torn away in a single breath. Cast into the haunted realm of Aervost, a land imprisoned beneath a living veil of fog, they find themselves hunted by creatures that stalk the tree line and watched by a lord they have never met—but who somehow already knows their names.
Alex Moreno, a paramedic who has spent his life saving others.
Tara Singh, a sharp-minded engineer who trusts logic more than fear.
Jordan Reyes, the reluctant skeptic who hides terror behind humor.
Liam Hart, a quiet academic whose knowledge of folklore suddenly feels like a curse.
Aervost is ruled by Lord Varik Drakov, a timeless figure whose power saturates the forests, villages, and shadows. His influence is whispered through every dying tree, every shuttered window, every hushed voice. And the veil—the sentient mist surrounding the land—moves as though it has a will of its own.
Seeking safety, the four strangers follow the lonely Lantern Road toward the isolated village of Direford, where the townsfolk speak in riddles, trust no outsiders, and fear the forest’s Shrouded Beasts more than death itself. Yet even Direford cannot offer true sanctuary, for the veil presses inward every night, carrying with it impossible shapes and voices that should not exist.
As the strangers’ paths intertwine with ancient tragedies, broken spirits, and the secrets Lord Drakov has buried deep beneath the veil, they learn that surviving Aervost is not simply a matter of courage—
it is a matter of what they are willing to become.
