16
Hua
Darkness was no friend, only a foe.
Hua held on to the tiny thread of her old mind, not allowing herself to look out through eyes that were once her own. If she rose to the surface, the Nagi would know she failed, that the girl she’d tried so hard to erase was too stubborn to let herself fade away.
It wasn’t strength that allowed Hua to carry on, not even fearlessness. No, she refused to let the Nagi win. It was the same stubbornness that led her to disguise herself as a man and go to war, the very same that had once wanted to find the man responsible for her sister’s death no matter the cost.
But some costs were too high.
The irony was this beast inside her body was probably the only thing that could help her get the revenge she’d so desperately sought. If she allied herself
