As I flew, I thought. I thought about the darkness, and how I seem to have come full circle... Maybe I was never free to begin with, maybe my darkness was just lying in wait, ready for a chance to return. The outcome of my battle doesn't really matter, if I succeed, I can leave for some distant land, knowing everyone will be safe. If I fail... if I fail, another piece of the shadows will die with me, the Laminis umbra, that foul talent, the mastery of darkness, be it lack of light, ou want of goodness, it will be no more. I turn to the mechs; a crystal river flowing behind me... Then they vanish,...

I stood on the edge of the field, my sword raised to shield my eyes from the falling sun. "I'ts beautiful," I thought, staring out at the curve of the hills and the waving of the herbe and trees, the grays and browns of winter, with the slightest hint of spring green.
I notice a movement off to my left and my sword drops to my side. It is the haut, retour au début of a chariot, panier coming into view as it crested the hill. I sigh and walk back to the woods, knowing what would come next. The driver rings a signal cloche, bell viciously, clearly wanting me to stop. "Leave me alone." I mumble, I knew I should have stayed in the...

Prologue

    Somewhere… “Yes! We did it; look at him, fully developed and ready. Aha, ha, ha, the buyers will be thrilled!” In the tank, a hand twitches. “What?” Something dark materializes par the hand. “No, he’s not supposed to be awake! What’s going on here?!”

    An explosion rocks the countryside, a figure emerges from the flames of the burning building, and a scrap of flaming paper, one of many, blows by:
SUBJECT: ZERO
GROUP: DELTA
Ch. 1
    Normal, that’s how most people would describe me, but then, most people...

    “This world is lost…” The dragon’s words echoed in Karaza’s mind. She had been hiding near the gathering place, hoping for a chance to steal some of the dragons’ supplies before the great beasts flew away to their new home. She leaves the safety of the rocks now and sighs. “So much for getting some loot.” She looks around and notices a faint gleam. Karaza pounces on it and stares, breathless. “A dragon’s scale! Finally, a little luck!” She looks around now, and finds another wonder: a bridge of ice, montrer absolutely no sign of melting despite...