When Fear Danced With Courage

Lean into Fear, and find Courage.

Emilia wanted to go home. She wanted to return to her mundane life on Earth where days were predictable, and the only threat was spilling tea or baking upon her dresses. She wished to leave the beauty and chaos of Elysia behind, as well as the fire building beneath her skin.

But Fate was never simple, weaving the story of her ancestors into her blood so intricately that Emilia couldn't ignore their voices.

With unexplainable power pulsing through her body, Emilia sees no other choice but to visit the Witch in the Elysian mountains. A territory foreign and governed by one of the last remaining Witch covens. What should have been a simple mission turns into Emilia questioning everything about herself, facing the hidden rage in her heart while falling for the same man everybody else warned her about.

Anger called to him, longed to take every last bit of his identity until nobody recognised him.

It was meant to be a simple mission. A way of earning back his best friend's trust and relationship. A journey for him to finally grieve the loss of a first love without the expectations of keeping it together for the sake of the reapers.

Osiris no longer knew how to experience life without anger guiding him. Without it influencing his every action and thought.

Only, the two conditions of his mission made that thought process far more difficult than he liked. One: keep Emilia Lexington safe at all costs, and two: he was forbidden from sleeping with her.

It wouldn't have been that much of an issue if the woman he was sworn to protect didn't see right through his defences. But can he keep his promises all while finding himself helpless against losing his heart to her?