(Cover art credit: Crimson Alley by Julian-Faylona) (Please listen to linked video during reading for the full experience) A death in the family, a good man pushed past his limits. A troubled past brought forth. Through blood and rage, he finds no way forward, and every way back to what he escaped. In a dark alley, the taunts and the pain keep Belios on the edge. Will he rise or fall from the tenuous grace he worked so hard to make?