His in the Dark: Artist Rendition

There are two things I've always known:

Magic is real.

The Gods have no mercy for women like me.

I was born into power, although what little I have is dying. Nonetheless, I've been protected all my life. There are myths and tales that say one day I will come to a fork in a long, long path. Either the light will take me or the dark. I never paid any mind to the whispers and warnings...

Until he crept into my window late at night.

Cloaked in darkness, silent as death. Every inch of me felt terror...