Shadowed Creatures

Orphaned at eight after her parents' brutal murder, Avalon Taylor grows up in the Hunters Academy, a hidden realm dedicated to eradicating supernatural threats. Driven by vengeance, she excels in combat, dreaming of the day she'll avenge her parents. But on graduation, a shocking betrayal and a hidden truth about her past, her family, and her own dormant powers, shatter her world. Forced to flee the only home she's known, Avalon steps into the perilous human world, a place far more complex and dangerous than she ever imagined, seeking answers that could unravel the very fabric of her existence and the hidden war brewing between realms. Will she embrace her destiny or be consumed by the shadows of her lineage?

Shadowed Creatures

Orphaned at eight after her parents' brutal murder, Avalon Taylor grows up in the Hunters Academy, a hidden realm dedicated to eradicating supernatural threats. Driven by vengeance, she excels in combat, dreaming of the day she'll avenge her parents. But on graduation, a shocking betrayal and a hidden truth about her past, her family, and her own dormant powers, shatter her world. Forced to flee the only home she's known, Avalon steps into the perilous human world, a place far more complex and dangerous than she ever imagined, seeking answers that could unravel the very fabric of her existence and the hidden war brewing between realms. Will she embrace her destiny or be consumed by the shadows of her lineage?

The chill of the pre-dawn air seeped through the thin Academy dorm window, doing little to settle the nervous energy thrumming through Avalon Taylor's veins. Today was the day. After eight grueling years of training, she would officially become a Hunter, stepping onto the path her legendary father had walked.

She took a quick glance around the sparse room, her few belongings already packed. Her eyes lingered on the faded photo on her bedside table: a smiling man and woman, her parents, faces she knew only from this single image. They were a blank canvas of memory, violently erased by the creatures that had taken them. A cold, familiar resolve hardened her features.

"Today, it begins," she whispered to the empty room, her voice a low murmur against the quiet hum of the Academy. "Today, I start to make them pay."