A Soul to Keep

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>All Reia ever wanted was freedom.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Known as a harbinger of bad omens and blamed for Demons eating her family Reia is shunned by her entire village. When the next offering is due and the monstrous Duskwalker is seen heading their way her village offers her an impossible choice - be thrown into the prison cells or allow herself to be sacrificed to a faceless monster.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>However he is not what he seems. His skull face and glowing eyes are ethereal and she finds herself unwittingly enchanted by him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>All Orpheus ever wanted was a companion.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Each decade in exchange for a protection ward from the Demons that terrorise the world Orpheus takes a human offering to the Veil - the place he lives and the home of Demons. The brief companionship does little to ease his loneliness and their lives were always unfortunately cut short.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He'd thought it was a hopeless endeavour until he met her. She's not afraid of him and his insatiable desire deepens</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>within every moment of her presence.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But will Orpheus be able to convince Reia to stay before she's lost to him forever?</span></p>