Spiritbound: Volume 1

Some children are born into power.
Kaito Kūsho was born into a cage.
From the moment he could breathe, Kaito has been kept in the dark - literally. His eyes, marked by the ancient Godaigan, see too much. Every glance is an assault of raw elemental force, cascading resonance, and truths the world isn't ready for him to know. So he keeps them shut.
His twin brother Kiryu keeps watch instead.
While Kaito learned to survive, Kiryu learned to fight. While Kaito grew small and still, Kiryu memorized every ward, every boundary, every crack in the estate's ancient walls. Not because he was told to - but because one day, he would use them.
Their grandfather calls it training.
They call it something else.
When the night finally comes - the night that ends the estate, the experiments, and the man who called himself their family - two golden tears fall, and nothing is ever the same.
But freedom has a price.
And Kusanagi Corp is already counting the cost.

A story about twins who were made into weapons and chose to become people instead. About the girl who stayed when everyone else left. About power that was never meant to be kind - and the ones who carry it anyway.

Spiritbound: Volume I is a dark fantasy novel rooted in East Asian mythology, elemental resonance, and the slow, aching work of surviving the people who were supposed to protect you.
For fans of dark found family, slow-burn bonds, and worlds where the supernatural is just another word for grief.