One robbery. Two murders. Three kidnappings. And all it took for everything to come crashing down was a single flash drive and a prostitute who wasn't who she claimed to be.None of which had much to do with Tria, initially, but somehow, she got stuck in the middle of it. If she'd known that getting blackout drunk would have led her to a hit-and-run incident inside a hitman's car, Tria would have never stepped foot inside that crumbly old bar.…
"I still feel the blood on me," I whispered. "It's rarer if I don't feel it, no matter how many times I scrub myself raw.""It's no different than what flows through your veins, Tria. You need to embrace it."---Barely a year has passed since Tria came face-to-face with giants, and the memory has all but left her in pieces. Now her goal is to simply get passed the memories, but that was easier said than done when the King of Gallin promised to be in contact and she hasn't so much as heard a peep from him.Until she did. What should have been a simple night out with old friends turned into a messy bloodbath, and now Tria has to figure out a way to keep the people lurking in the shadows from focusing on Hadi, her closest friend/mother figure. Haunted by vicious dreams at night and plagued by memories during the day, Tria has to wonder what will kill her first: the hopelessness wreaking havoc inside her mind or the monsters of legend suddenly come to life.…
"When you're in a place that darkness thrives, you learn to fear the light.""Why?""Because the light will kill you faster."------For as long as she could remember, Wren has lived a rather unconventional life. She's hunted down trolls, bled out wraiths, slaughtered bloodthirsty spirits, and even beheaded a demon or two at the price of her own soul. She's been the tortured and torturer, the righteous and the wicked. And after two decades of this, she's tired. Just tired.She needs one more contract to rid herself of the deal she'd ignorantly signed as a teenager . . . Only, there's a problem. The last mission she was on had left her with a curse on her heart and a target on her back. Not only must she be careful on deciding her last and final contract while her past races to catch up to her, but somehow, in the middle of hunting down manic, pain-driven monsters, she must also outrun the death god hell-bent on bringing her to justice.For he has sworn, on his honor, to make her pay.Started: 08/17/2023*At Least Updated Every Thursday*…