The Night Sheriff of Terrebonne Parish

Power always demands a shape. This story asks what happens when someone refuses to give it one.

In New Orleans, an immortal known as the Moonborn has spent centuries holding violence in check through restraint rather than rule. Marais Delune is not a queen, not a god, and not a savior-though the city has treated her as all three. She believes balance should be chosen, not enforced.

When an ancient force older than vampires begins feeding on systems of harm, hierarchy, and collapse, her refusa...