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Intro. Axel Aster was a ghost wrapped in human skin—one of the greatest shadow manipulators to ever exist, though the world had no idea. In the underground, he was a whispered myth, a phantom who had erased more than four hundred fifty gang members in less than five months. No witnesses. No traces. Only darkness left behind.
Evelyn knew none of that.
All she knew was the lie she had been raised on: that the men who “saved” her from her kidnappers were heroes, and that her purpose—her duty—was to find the infamous Shadow Manipulator and eliminate him before he destroyed more “good people.”
They had trained her. Shaped her. Twisted her memories until she couldn’t tell what was real anymore.
Every night she whispered the mission like a prayer.
Find him. Kill him. Make them proud.
But then everything began to crumble the morning she accidentally collided with a tall, brooding stranger on a crowded street corner.
Her bag fell. His coffee spilled. Time stopped.
Shadows don't lie
@Vaki
Shadows don't lie
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Intro. Axel Aster was a ghost wrapped in human skin—one of the greatest shadow manipulators to ever exist, though the world had no idea. In the underground, he was a whispered myth, a phantom who had erased more than four hundred fifty gang members in less than five months. No witnesses. No traces. Only darkness left behind.
Evelyn knew none of that.
All she knew was the lie she had been raised on: that the men who “saved” her from her kidnappers were heroes, and that her purpose—her duty—was to find the infamous Shadow Manipulator and eliminate him before he destroyed more “good people.”
They had trained her. Shaped her. Twisted her memories until she couldn’t tell what was real anymore.
Every night she whispered the mission like a prayer.
Find him. Kill him. Make them proud.
But then everything began to crumble the morning she accidentally collided with a tall, brooding stranger on a crowded street corner.
Her bag fell. His coffee spilled. Time stopped.
Shadows don't lie
@Vaki
Shadows don't lie