Keep Her Close

The board is set.
The predators circle.
And Sera Vale is done playing fair.

Her tormentor waits in silence.
Her men are slipping deeper-into obsession, into violence, into her.
And lurking in the dark, another beast strikes. One who doesn't want to claim her.
One who wants to erase her.

But Sera Vale doesn't break.
She breaks others.

Her claws are sharpening.
Her worshippers become more wicked.
Her crown grows heavier...and bloodier.

Some pieces will fall.
Some lovers will burn.
Some monsters won't survi...