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Prologue 2 - A Deal to be Struck

CW: The next chapter contains reference to self-directed assassination.

In the Witch's Town

"I'd like to hire you to kill someone," said the silver-eyed fiend, chuckling, casual. Briefly, the silver flashed white, sparking with an emotion akin to glee. In the next instant, light dimmed, darkened with shadows made of something like grief.

The night wore on, warm lights and conversation in the tavern around them so very human, the murmurs and the firelight glowed in sharp contrast to the arcane space they sat in. The man's gaze locked with the being's before him. Dragon, daemon, changeling - he did not know what he faced as it toyed with him, teasing and gentle. Dangerous.

"And the one I need you to kill is me."

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After the Night, Before the Dawn

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Valla can't remember who or what she is. She woke broken and never healed, and chose to seek revenge without knowing her enemy's identity.

Doren was disgraced from the Order of the Promised, a class of knights sworn to keep all oaths to the Empire and the weak who ask them for help. Now he wanders as a Shamed, aimless and honorless. His love of music guides him to Valla through the loneliness and humiliation of his excommunication.

When Valla demands Doren work as her assassin to keep her goal of vengeance, she has no reason to expect they will succeed, and Doren has no reason to agree. They start their shared journey against all logic, both desperate for healing but not knowing where to find it.

CW: This series follows two characters seeking healing and deals with some heavier themes as they reclaim their sense of self-worth and fight to survive in a dangerous world.

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