I'm Casimir Griffin, a wanderer with an insatiable thirst for power and knowledge. My usual routine involves hunting down arcane relics and skirting around supernaturals-just another day in my dodgy line of work. So, you can imagine my delight when I got a frantic call from Barry. His panic was so intense, it felt like he was about to leap through the phone and drag me into his predicament. Now, Barry isn't exactly a mate. He's more of an obligation, a lingering debt from a past favour that I can't seem to shake off. So, when he practically begged me to track down his missing daughter, Lily, I couldn't just brush him off with a cheeky quip. Despite my reluctance-and a fair bit of internal eye-rolling-I found myself agreeing to help. After all, what's the point of all this power and knowledge if I can't occasionally put it to use in solving a missing person case, even if it's for someone I'd rather avoid? All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, please contact the publisher.