21 parts Ongoing MatureVella has learned to live carefully. After the violent loss of her husband and daughter, trust does not come easily. Yet with Silvyn, caution gives way to something she thought she'd never feel again. He is steady, magnetic, and devoted, though there is always a darkness in his eyes she cannot quite name.
Silvyn's secret is one he cannot share: a force bound to him, waiting for the surge of anger, desire, or hatred to take hold. When it does, he is no longer himself, and the aftermath leaves him drowning in guilt. Despite his growing love for Vella, he knows he cannot keep the darkness at bay forever.
When his control finally shatters, tragedy follows. Faced with losing Vella forever, Silvyn turns to the only power capable of undoing what he has done, at a price that severs their love completely.
Left with a love she can no longer claim and a darkness he cannot escape, Vella awakens to a world cleansed of Silvyn's existence, while he is left to vanish into the shadows, burdened by the love he sacrificed to save her.