Tariaia is only seven when she is stolen from the evacuation center. She is sold in 'The Trials' Living Species Market or The Trials for short. There are 4 main rules
1) Do not speak back to your owner
2) Never mention your previous life
3) Do everything you are told to
4) Never try to escape
On her 17th birthday, Tariaia is given a job. But this job is so much worse than she expected...
Ever since she could remember, the experiments had been part of her life. As a child, they were harmless-just puzzles and strange potions given to her by the woman she called Mother. Back then, she believed it was all a game, a way to make her smarter, stronger.
But as she grew, the tests changed. They became invasive. Painful. Each experiment carved new scars into her skin and left her mind tangled in unanswered questions. The woman she once trusted had become a stranger, her warmth replaced by cold calculation.
And then the voices started.
A shadow lurked within her, whispering, clawing at the edges of her sanity. She wasn't alone in her own body-something else had been forced inside her. Something ancient. Something hungry.
Now, she's free... but for how long? With the past chasing her and the monster inside threatening to take control, she's left with one question: Was she ever meant to survive, or was she only meant to become something else?