They look at me and see the girl inside a golden world. The glimmer of my winnings. The sparkle of diamonds, awards, and bestselling records. An icon. A budding legend. The best things on two legs the music business has ever witnessed. But they don't see me. The static of my past. In and out of foster care. Ghost mom in rehab. Completely on my own. Before the stage lights, I was a lost girl taken in by a family that showed me what happiness could feel like. And a boy who showed me how love could undo the pain of our past. I watch him now on-screen, too. Winning. The golden boy. Absolutely fucking miserable. A mirror to my own suffering. Imprisoned in my own life by my record label, the hounds of the media, and the high-profile status of my name. I'm tired of being locked in a box. And Grayson Prayer might be the only man I can trust to break us free.

"Resilience is the irrefutable buffer between man and beast." Liv spent her entire adolescence in pursuit of treasures unknown with nothing but her fists. In the ruins of a once bustling metropolis near Central South America, the only company she's afforded is a pragmatic set of sentient gauntlets that insists on being called her "boss". After a decade of (mostly) solitude, a mother who died when she was young, a father she never knew, and a system of tunnels stretching across the underbelly of her city; Liv explodes to the forefront of the demon hunting, continent spanning Hellfire Initiative's radar... Literally. In a world filled with desperate people, portals to horrifying worlds- colloquially called "Stratas"- complex powers, man eating demons, and figures lurking in the shadows: Liv will be forced to acclimate to this new, foreign way of life while climbing the ladder that is the brutal Initiative. EXPECT: A lot of Combat A protagonist exploring an unfamiliar world Shonen meets Modern Dystopia. A strange, in depth power system that will be exploited. High stake fights against human and monsters. Long(ish) chapters. Most chapters range from 2000-3000 words; though, I try to go back and edit where I can. I post on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 5:30 EST every week!