***Thanks to IvySky for the beautiful cover!***
Caraka cannot escape the psychotic goddess who possesses her mind.
Ever since she was four, when she nearly died from drowning, half-dragon Caraka has heard the deranged voice of the Shadow Queen. She's struggled to keep the Queen's noxious ideas at bay: to maim, to steal, to kill, to invade.
Centuries before, the Shadow Queen suffered a major betrayal. A fellow god injected her with the deadly Taint-a powerful dark magic that can eat away the sanity of anyone, even the most powerful being in the realm. Broken and sickened, the goddess possessed and tainted a dying little girl-giving the girl a second chance at life.
Caraka decides to go on a journey to save herself. Along the way, she learns that this goddess infesting her mind is the sole solution a crumbling world's troubles. A solution that will spell death for Caraka.
Torn between forcing a broken goddess to face her duty and hiding from the people, friend and foe alike, determined to use her, Caraka must make a choice: sacrifice herself for her world, or sacrifice her world for herself.
"Clearly, I didn't want anyone involved."
"When are you going to realize you shouldn't do things all by yourself?"
"When it proves untrue."
~*~
Since the paranormal world banded together, the teenagers have worried about school and finding their potential soulmates. However, when humans are on the verge of discovering their existence, a new enemy leaves them watching their backs. Sephora Parker had been doing so all her life. Amongst the humans' discovery, the young teen found herself free of one demon to join the real world that was going into hiding itself. When she learned how the world ended where it was, Sephora's shoulders felt heavy with her knowledge. Being a stubborn, independent person, the girl doubles down on her resolve when the world she knows crumbles beneath her feet. What else could she do when her mere birth had done enough? Why involve people in matters that will not affect them otherwise? Not worth it, is it?
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