Berkili4 | Companion Of Darkness -ch. 9- By

Companion of Darkness follows , a solitary wanderer in a cursed realm where daylight is a fading myth. The “companion” of the title is not a pet or a fellow soldier, but a sentient, parasitic shadow entity named Vethris that feeds on Kaelen’s memories in exchange for survival in a world overrun by light‑sensitive horrors called Shriekers .

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The chapter begins in total darkness—Kaelen’s consciousness submerged in a memory vault within Vethris. The prose shifts to second person, disorienting the reader, mimicking Kaelen’s loss of self. Berkili4 uses broken sentence fragments to convey the agony of restored memory. Companion of Darkness follows , a solitary wanderer

Chapter 8 ended with Kaelen pressing a broken lantern into Vethris’s form, whispering: “Show me everything you took. Or I’ll walk into the Dawn Fields alone.” 9 - By Berkili4” because no publicly available,

Kaelen, dagger halted an inch from his heart, whispers: “Then I’ll live. But I’m done being your companion. From now on, you’re my prisoner.”

Kaelen hasn’t won. Vethris hasn’t lost. And that’s exactly why we keep reading.

Vethris admits (for the first time without evasion) that it chose Kaelen not for his strength but for his guilt—a perfect cage for a parasite that thrives on self‑loathing.