January 6, 2026
This track was inspired by Charles Mandrake and the Resonance Array and written for the hinge point in the story, the moment where Anna stops moving through Skelderheim as a traveler and starts moving as someone the city can lean on.

If you have read the book, you know the point. A traveler can keep their head down. A traveler can leave. Anna cannot.

The song follows that shift in real time. Anna sees what the people need from her, and she also sees what the world will take if she refuses. It is courage. It is surrender. It is giving up the version of her life that she knows, so others can keep theirs.

There is a balance in every line. What she chooses to offer, and what gets pulled from her anyway. The vow feels clean when you say it. The cost feels different when you have to pay it.

This track is for readers who made it to that part of the story and felt the weight settle.

Play it Loud. Feel It. Play it Again.