Four girls, of darkness and light.
Four girls, all hiding something, whether they know it or not.
Four girls, all alone, even if surrounded by friends.
Four girls, bound together in a web of lies and secrets and promises.
ENIGMA NIGHTSHADE is dead inside. Losing almost everything, betraying the only ones that still cared about her, and living in a world that is terrified of her for all the wrong reasons, ENIGMA believes she is a monster, and hates herself for it.
MARA TELNA is too naive for her own good. She has been sheltered and coddled her whole life, and on rare voyages out of the house, both the underworld and the decent folk respect her on pain of death, yet she is oblivious.
ARIA DRAKE is haunted by her childhood. Having lost her only protector, shemgj has risen through the ranks of pirate society to become their Queen, but she cannot shake the feeling that she is still the helpless little girl from over a decade ago.
ELLYRIA ILLYANA NOTER is unsure if she is ready to be Princess Crowned. Though she has been taught by street rats and royal tutors alike, she is convinced she is a spoiled, naïve brat.
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Ray is low on time, luck, and hope; his only chance is an artifact that may not even exist. But upon meeting Landon, Ray is beginning to believe he might find all four.
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Cambions are doomed to tragedy. They are weak, sickly creatures that rarely live to see their twentieth year. Ray refuses to resign himself to that fate. Upon learning of the Crimson Sheath-an artifact capable of preserving his life-Ray is prepared to fight, steal, and kill to get his hands on it. He is not prepared for Landon. Landon is an orphan with no memories of his parents, the only inheritance left to him a dagger, sleeping in a crimson sheath. Though he has no love of bloodshed and no use for a dagger, Landon isn't about to let Ray take his only link to his forgotten history, even if that means following the cambion past the edge of the world and into the shadow beyond.
Content Warnings: Violence, semi-graphic gore, character deaths, profanity, mild drug and alcohol usage, abuse discussed but not shown, and morally-questionable people doing morally-questionable things.