To not clog up my blurb, I'll do it here. Quick disclaimers and stuff and for the peeps who like skipping through things like this, joke's on you.

This is a stand-alone work but it's still under the bigger umbrella of works under the Arcane Universes. You can read this without reading all my other works. However, I would greatly appreciate it if you checked them as well. They're found at the end of this story so watch out for that list!

This is an unedited draft. This is not line-edited so you'll see a lot of possible typos, some unflowy sentences, and most likely, some degree of bad phrasing (I see them all the time so don't worry, I'm way ahead of you there. No need to scream about it in my comments section).

You might ask: why not just upload the edited thing on Wattpad?

My answer: NO. With the abundance of mirror sites and some muck-slurping, mushroom-brained thieves running around on the internet, I'm afraid that you'll have to sit through 10k+ words of crap because I won't ever post the version I'm gonna be proud of on this site. Like, EVER.

I would advise you to avoid skipping anything in this story and that includes epilogues and the likes. Remember: everything is important in the Arcane Universes.

This is set in New York City and I am not from there. Google is my best friend in checking facts and other details about life there. All my knowledge is based on popular media and first-hand experiences in university that may not be applicable in the setting's context. If you think I made a mistake in detail or two, don't hesitate to reach out and enlighten me. I will appreciate it. <3

Thank you so much for checking this book out and I hope that you enjoy it. This is also one of my first attempts at doing shorter works with less than 50k words so if there are pacing and flow issues, don't hesitate to tell me.