The Split Within

In a world where magic defines worth, Moses is born with Creation Magic, one of the rarest and most misunderstood abilities. At school, his power refuses to obey him. Under pressure, it shatters, twists, and fails. To his peers, he's a mistake. To his teachers, a disappointment. To himself, a burden.
At home, there is no refuge. At school, no mercy.
As the weight of expectation and ridicule sinks in, Moses begins to break quietly. Until one night, everything goes wrong. That night, something awakens.
"Lay" a presence Moses never knew existed. Calm where he is afraid. Wielding a forbidden form of magic long believed to be extinct, Lay does not ask for control, he takes it. Subtle, dangerous, and disturbingly protective, he pulls Moses out of situations... and drags him into others.
Now Moses must survive a world that already doubts him, while learning to coexist with the darker half of himself. Because in this world, dark magic is not just feared, it is HUNTED.
And if Moses loses control, it won't be the world that breaks him first