Life is difficult enough for a Lirian soldier. Training for ten years, hunting evil deimos, solving crimes, facing powerful weilders, keeping the peace in a tension-filled world, each Lirian soldier has a lot on their plate. It doesn't become any easier if you have to deal with a dark past that looms at every corner. How will Lais Felix and Helen Song, two best friends with tragic pasts, handle life as soldiers while running from their past? Will they manage to escape their tragic beginnings? Or will the past finally catch up to them?
15 YEARS AGO, YEAR 5 OF THE MARELIRIAN ECLIPSE
Think, think, Aedea. What should you do now?
She peeks past the rock to her target. It's not that far, just a few meters away. But running out in the open amid all the bullets raining down is not an option. They'll be cushioned with bullets the moment they reveal themselves from their hiding place.
Think, think, Aedea. What now? There's got to be something that she can do.
No good. Her only option now is wielding, to cast a barrier around them as they run. But she knows all too well what will happen to her once she activates her wielding.
More and more bullets rain down on their location. The enemies are getting bolder and bolder by the second, slowly taking steps from their hiding places to out in the open. Aedea knows she and her daughter can't stay in the outcropping forever.