HookedSteampunk
In a plague-ravaged, steam-driven empire, Evie is a young woman who has spent years locked away in an asylum because of a curse she can tell no one about. When a fire consumes the institution, she escapes-but not alone. In the flames, she forges a desperate pact with Dagath, a demon who offers her deliverance at a terrible cost.
Reborn in ash and rain, Evie is captured by the ruthless Inquisitor Henric Caldwell and given an impossible choice: serve the empire by hunting the witches responsible for the spreading corruption, or be executed as a monster herself. Bound to Dagath and haunted by her own curse, Evie becomes both weapon and liability.
As the plague twists land and flesh alike, and the line between hunter , demon, and victim begins to blur, Evie must decide what she truly is-hunter, pawn, or something far more dangerous. Because the deeper she hunts, the clearer it becomes: the true horror may not be what she's chasing... but what she's becoming.
Disclaimer:
The following story does contain but do not glorify self-harm. Furthermore, the use of AI is restricted to images only.