Tavalin was raised in the sterile glow of a secret research lab—her childhood shaped not by toys or playgrounds, but by humming machines, forbidden equations, and the relentless ambition of her father. He was a brilliant scientist obsessed with unlocking power beyond mortal comprehension. His life’s work centered around a single impossible goal: contact an eldritch entity said to exist between reality’s folds.

Every day, Tavalin felt the experiments inching closer. Strange vibrations in the air, whispers threading through the vents, lights flickering in patterns only she noticed. Something was watching. Something was waiting.

And then—it answered.

The entity breached through the veil, a presence that bent the air, twisted shadows, and filled the lab with a voice no human throat could produce. But it had come with a price.

It needed a conduit.

A vessel.

A mind it could anchor itself to.

And it chose Tavalin.

Before her father could stop it, the entity sank into her psyche like ink into water. Pain and brilliance flooded her at once—a sensation like dying and awakening in the same breath. When the lights returned, she was no longer just a girl.

Something new was living inside her.

In the years that followed, Tavalin’s body changed. Her senses sharpened beyond normal limits. Her dreams shimmered with visions not entirely her own. Power stirred in her hands—sometimes protective, sometimes violent, always hungry. She could hear the entity’s echoes, murmurings curling at the edge of her consciousness like a second heartbeat.

Was she chosen to save the world…

or unravel it?

Tavalin doesn’t know.

But she does know this:

The people around her matter.

Her life matters.

And if destiny insists on using her as a weapon, she’ll choose her own target.

Now she walks the world as a guardian wrapped in eldritch fire—still unsure whether she carries a blessing or a curse, but determined to protect others from the fate that claimed her.

Because if she ever loses control…

The entity might finally step through