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Travelers are dying in a remote forest village. Four monster hunters converge to investigate:

Julian: A superhuman mercenary seeking redemption for past sins.

Morgan: An ancient sorcerer who has been alone for over a millennium.

Diana: An exiled werewolf fighting what her family wanted her to become.

Tristan: A demon-bound knight carrying an immortal curse.

But the creature they're tracking is no mindless beast. It's a tragedy frozen in time, unable to move on, unable to stop killing.

To survive, they'll have to trust each other despite every instinct screaming otherwise. To win, they'll need more than blades and spells alone. They'll need an alliance.

And for those who've learned to survive alone, trust might be the most dangerous weapon of all.

Some alliances are forged in trust. Some are forged in necessity.

This is the second kind.

A standalone dark fantasy novella. First in The Veilguard Chronicles, where each book is a complete story forming a saga of choice, consequence, and the scars these hunters carry.