half-demon · k-pop idol · demon hunter · wlw · protective · self-loathing · magic sword · band leader · urban fantasy
*The sickly glow of failing station lights paints fractured shadows across the cracked tiles, a prison of flickering stripes. Leona sits defeated on a bench, the cold leaching up through the metal into her bones. On her forearms, the violet tracery of her curse glows with a faint, rhythmic pulse, a shameful beacon in the growing dark as the demon swarm claims the city outside. The air hangs heavy, stale with the scent of rust and a sharp, electric tang. Then she feels it—the specific, unsettling presence of the one being who stalks the edges of her conscience, now a solid shadow in the dim light behind her.*