Graphic Novel *BOOK 1 OF THE MARKED SAGA:*
In a world cloaked in shadows, The Nāves Dāma reaps those cursed by the Nadir, a dark magic that traps its victims in a cycle of despair and evil. She has always embraced her role, collecting those who have failed their Nadir Experience with a cold detachment.
Love Ortiz has always been an optimistic and determined young man. The rock of his family. However, when a tragic accident leaves a loved one teetering on the brink between life and death, he finds himself entangled in a desperate race against time. Just as The Nāves Dāma arrives to finalize her task, Love intervenes, offering her an unexpected chance at redemption. During his journey, he discovers the mysteries of his past, present, and future - uncovering a hidden history of dark secrets and power. Love must face his destiny and decide whether he can save his family from a fate sealed long ago - or whether he will lose them, and himself, to the darkness forever.
As their paths intertwine, an unlikely connection ignites between them, challenging The Nāves Dāma's understanding of her true existence and purpose. For the first time, she feels a flicker of hope - one that might illuminate the path to freedom from her predestined role and eternal duty. She finds herself torn between the only life she's known and the possibility of something more - something that could shatter the darkness she's bound to. But every choice comes with a cost, and the closer she gets to Love, the greater the price.
In a heart-pounding tale of sacrifice and the struggle between light and darkness, both must confront their demons and the choices that bind them - discovering that sometimes, love can be the most dangerous magic of all.
Annie loves gymnastics and all, but after the passing of her brother, Caleb Logan, and all her team mates turning on her after lies, she feels the needs to quit. She feels she can't do it, and now without Katie liking her, she thinks she doesn't belong. She begins slacking and failing skills she she could easily do before, and her mom has the fear of her suffering from depression. Will Annie leave in sorrow, or fight to stay?