Animae Nexum

He only had one goal in his life, and then he met her. Esilas knew better than most that hope was useless if you didn't have the connections of the status to back it up. The one connection her had he didn't want, and he wouldn't trust him to help him find his twin sister.
And then, a chance encounter leads to hope and emotions that Esilas thought he'd long since locked away. The moment he meets Luxahliah, an Aster-Blood that seemed to appear out of nowhere, he feels this need to protect her ...