Tainted Bloodlines

Sybil’s breath shuddered out of her lungs, carrying the weight of a woman who had just been handed a lifeline she didn't know how to hold. "Thank you," she whispered, her voice barely a thread in the quiet office. "Thank you, Valera."

Hope had been a weapon turned against her for too long. Every time she reached for it, the curse severed another piece of her future, bleeding out her faith that lo