Manacle: Some bonds can't be broken

There is a dark presence in Phin's life. His step-father is a drunk and his malevolence poisons their home.

One evening the violence gets out of control and as Phin's mother drags his broken body away, she can only think of one place to take him: to the local healer. But this healer deals in more than medicinal remedies and at her insistence he calls on the spirits to ensure Phin is never harmed again.

However, his words are mor...