Her Jaguar

The "gods" finally arrive and task Tzekel-Kan with the most difficult quest he will ever face. As a loyal follower and the High Priest, he is aided by his one and only disciple who was guided by the advice of their divine visitors. The only person in the legendary City of Gold, besides himself, who still bleeds for the gods. If he fails his mission, he will be stripped of his hard-earned title. Which, to Tzekel-Kan, is a fate worse than death.

[[Note: Personally I'm a bigger fan of Reader fanfics, but when this idea popped into my head, the concept of Xoco ended up sticking. The two parts of her name are pronouced like "show" and "coal." Big ol' warning to anyone who does legit star reading: there will be half-assery descriptions with Tzekel-Kan reading stars, as well as any "reading" medium that might pop up in chapters yet to be written. I only have a rough idea of how tarot reading works, and my attempt at research led me down a rabbit hole that I chose to scramble out of. I usually try to be thorough, but that was a moment where I had to pull the reigns before I got swept away and lost motivation.

Another important tidbit of information: There will be some changes with certain locations. Currently, the High Priest temple (a.k.a. Tzekel-Kan's lair) will be described as being larger with at least two rooms, maybe more as things progress. It's hard to imagine him or his predecessors risking interruptions while dabbling in "dark magic."

Eventually things will get spicy, hence the mature rating, but it's gonna be a slow simmer, folks! Hope you enoy!]]