Fateless Liar

"Sometimes, they deserve death. Sometimes, they deserve torture. And sometimes, they deserve to have their teeth pulverised and skull pierced by a less-than-forgiving, dark-as-sin Shadow Seeker with a warrior complex."

Calix

Some believe that the immoral are born dark. I am not one of them. I believe everyone has a price. Something they value above all else. A virtuous anchor that roots them in place. I was severed from mine.

The darkness took hold. I welcomed it. I became the thing Tangada needed to survive. Ruthless. Unforgiving.

Then she arrived.

Ferocious to a fault, Niraasha is dangerous in ways no blade can measure. Powerless on the surface, lethal beneath it. She claims she wants nothing more than freedom from her oppressors.

I want to believe her.

But Tangada is under attack. There's a war gathering in the shadows, and trust is a liability.

Someone is feeding our enemies information, and every trail I follow circles back to the same woman sleeping under my roof.

Is she an ally or a turncoat pulling strings?

Every instinct tells me she's innocent. Every day I fail to prove why.

Someone is betraying me, and I'll stop at nothing to eradicate them. For my region. For my people. Even if it kills me.

Welcome to Tangada. Its past is tragic. Its ruler unconventional. And its newest addition is the most lethal of them all.

Brace yourself, reader. You're in Calix's territory now.