𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢 Jacks has been in exile for seventeen years, his heart still fractured from losing the only girl he thought he could ever love: Donatella Dragna. When Isolde steps into his ruined church, the daughter of the man who stole his obsession away from him. he sees her as a thorn from the same rose that wounded him. the more he realizes the truth-the prophecy was wrong. 𝘐𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 "𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳." 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. "𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵." 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴. "𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "Call me Castor." I blinked. Castor. The name felt foreign on my tongue, like something I wasn't supposed to know. I hesitated before murmuring, "Castor..." His fingers, which had been pressing a fresh cloth against my wounds, stilled. Something shifted in the air between us. "...Say it again," he murmured, his voice quieter this time. I frowned, confused. "Castor." It wasn't the name itself, but the way I said it-soft, almost hesitant. Like I was trying to figure out who he was beyond the version I had built in my mind. Psyche Calix is a young woman who lost everything in the span of a decade-her home, her family, her sense of belonging-all shattered by the hidden truths and treacherous magic of the Magnificent North and the Meridian Empire. Now, something has called her back to the place where it all began... and where everything was taken from her. On her journey to uncover why she was drawn back, Psyche encounters allies, enemies, and strangers who are anything but ordinary. Among them is one being who disrupts her path more than anyone else: a powerful vampire with secrets older than time and a presence she can't seem to escape. He's dangerous. Unforgiving. Tempting. As their fates intertwine and emotions grow tangled, Psyche must decide-will she surrender to the one who's haunted her every step, becoming his completely? Or will she break free before he consumes what's left of her? Only one way to find out. oc x chaos/castor valor (Disclaimer: I don't own Ouabh tbona or acftl and not the characters except my own. those masterpieces belong to Stephanie garber)