Shadow's Prey: Act I

𝗛𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗱-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗺.

The gods of Lifrasir are dead, but their legacy lives on in the loas, people born with the ability to channel an element, and the war-ravaged land. The Palamidia, the brutal military force of the Solarian Empire, has brought most under their rule despite resistance from the independent regions.

In the blood-soaked Theatre, Kanna fights. She awoke with no memory, but her body knows how to move. How to kill. She buries herself in violent monotony, ignoring the gnawing ache that tells her something is missing. But inside of her there is a dark thing. A feathered thing with teeth that will not be ignored.

Haru is light, but he knows the dark. Trapped on all sides by his duty to the Palamidia, he cannot escape the memory of his lost Legatus. But when another is given power over the military, he knows he has to find her. No one, and nothing, will stand in his way.

* episodes with asterisks are illustrated by J. Whitney [ https://jwhitneyart.com ]
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=====AUTHOR'S NOTE=====

𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬'𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙮 is a story about stories. It is about the trauma of survival. It is about history and memory and the pitched battle between forgetting and remembering. It is about what defines us. It is about finding strength when and where you least expect it. And it is about love, always love. Love that is obsessive and dangerous and salvation. Love that is kind, constant, and real.