Velvet Over Daggers

{Ambient synth pulse, distant choir, slow bass heartbeat} (FEMALE LEAD — calm, elegant, dangerous) Velvet smoke across the glass Gold rings pressed against the maps Names get traded, debts get signed Every scar has its price tonight (LOW MALE VOCAL — restrained, rough) No one speaks above a whisper No one walks without a reason Every deal already settled Long before they reached the door {Slow industrial percussion enters} (FEMALE LEAD) Kaelira moves like quiet thunder Seren smiles and kingdoms fold Lyris knows what fear tastes like Before the liar feels the cold (LOW MALE VOCAL) Rhyxara waits beside the shadows Nysera never wastes a word Vael’Thyra tracks the bleeding footsteps Shaerra strikes before she’s heard {Dark synth swell, distant female choir} (FEMALE LEAD — softer, intimate) Neon halos on black silk gloves Silver contracts signed in blood Every room belongs to someone Tonight it happens to be us (DUAL VOCALS — slow rise) We are velvet over daggers We are gold beneath the scars Predators dressed like royalty Cold as dying stars {Heavy bass pulse intensifies} (LOW MALE VOCAL) Orinya opens hidden pathways Kessra keeps the engines alive Veska watches from the silence Making sure the secrets survive (FEMALE LEAD) Maelthrys marks the oathbreakers Ash and embers in her wake Aelyra stands where wars fall quiet No one dares test what she takes {Choir rises softly} (FEMALE LEAD — whispering confidence) No crowns No flags No prayers left to save you now (LOW MALE VOCAL) Only whispered names in dark halls And signatures that still bleed out {Slow cinematic breakdown} (DUAL VOCALS) We don’t scream to hold the power We don’t beg to own the night Every promise has a shadow Every shadow has a price (FEMALE LEAD) Silk and smoke around the table (LOW MALE VOCAL) Steel and ghosts behind the throne (DUAL VOCALS) By the time they feel the danger… They were never leaving home. {Long cinematic outro, distant choir, fading synth pulse}