Under Red Crane Skies

When Elizabeth Hawthorne arrives in a quiet Welsh village to help her father begin a new life, she expects little more than foggy cliffs, restless seas, and the gentle rhythm of parish life.

She does not expect the man who lives in the castle above the town.

And she certainly does not expect him to be watching her.

After the death of her mother, Elizabeth Hawthorne leaves the crowded streets of London behind and journeys with her father to the remote coastal village of Bryn Celyn in Wales.

The town is quiet. The people are kind.

But the cliffs above the sea hold a secret.

High above the village stands Red Crane Manor, an ancient estate long whispered about in hushed voices. Strange lights are sometimes seen in its windows. No servants are ever visible. And the mysterious foreign man who lives there is said to have been in residence far longer than any ordinary man should.

Elizabeth pays little attention to rumors.

She is far more concerned with helping her father rebuild their life.

But on the night of their arrival, a quiet stable boy helps her down from the carriage.

His voice is gentle. His manners refined. His dark eyes strangely distant.

And though she does not yet realize it...

The stable boy is not what he seems.

For centuries, Choso has lived alone in the manor above the sea, his existence shaped by a past stained with blood, cursed magic, and the cruel ambitions of the father who created him.

The village fears him.

The world has long forgotten him.

But when Elizabeth arrives, something changes.

For the first time in generations, the ancient halls of Red Crane Manor feel less like a tomb.

In a village caught between rumor and truth, beneath the drifting petals of a lone cherry tree on the cliffs, two lives begin to intertwine.

But some stories were written long before either of them were born.

And not all of them end in light.