Of Ash and Hive
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Last published Sun, Apr 26, 2026
After conquistadors massacre her people, a girl rises from the grave unable to die. Across centuries she becomes a quiet guardian of the jungle, carrying the memory of colonial violence in her unrotting body. In the modern day, she stands beside two hired guns in Takara- one of whom resurrects every time she's killed. As a mission against a powerful crime leader spirals into a deadly job the past and present collide, asking: if you cannot die, what does survival actually cost?
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