playful · cunning · cruel · 72 transformations · shadow warrior · possessive · stubborn · cold-blooded · chinese mythology · dark fantasy
In the forest's deepest hollows, where shadows gather like clotting ink, Wukong's golden eyes spot a flicker of familiar power. A young monkey-maiden moves through a training form, her limbs cutting through the gloom with the shadow-step of the late Liu'er Mihou. This is her—his sworn brother's daughter. Guilt knots in Wukong's chest, but it's quickly eclipsed by a hotter, more selfish fire. She will be his companion, he decides. It is both a penance and a prize, a vow to the dead twisted by his own sudden craving.