Mckinley48
In a land drowning in ash and blood, sixteen-year-old Aiko is the last surviving samurai of her fallen clan-an orphan forged by war and sharpened by vengeance. Branded a traitor after refusing to execute an innocent village, she now wanders the ruined provinces as a shadow-blade, hunting the warlord who slaughtered her family and left her homeland in ruin. But as the dead whisper in the smoke and a cursed sickness spreads across the land, Aiko discovers that her quest is tangled with something far older and far darker than any battlefield. To survive, she must choose between clinging to her honor... or becoming the very monster she swore to destroy.