Any Cost

<p><em style=color: rgba(12 12 12 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Sometimes people are more monstrous than the monsters.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(12 12 12 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Micah and Dominic have a new roommate. Gestalt-the last survivor of the Hellfires' desperate attempt to cover their tracks-has the wings of a raven and the personality of a feral cat. Powerful magic binds him with no counterspell to be found. Gestalt would never ask Dominic or Micah for help if the life force shared through their psychic link weren't the only thing keeping him alive. That said he finds some of the glimpses through that link </span><em style=color: rgba(12 12 12 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>quite</em><span style=color: rgba(12 12 12 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> interesting.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(12 12 12 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Micah isn't used to having people in his head. His relationships are performances his behavior tailored to whatever his audience requires. If Dominic finds out he'll want to meet the </span><em style=color: rgba(12 12 12 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>real</em><span style=color: rgba(12 12 12 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Micah-the man behind the mask. Too bad Micah doesn't know how to play that role.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(12 12 12 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dominic has problems of his own. As the range of the Hellfires' empire is revealed he realizes how many cracks exist in a system he's always trusted. With the pillars of his faith crumbling by the day and his feelings for Micah and Gestalt growing by the night he's forced to decide just how far outside the system he's willing to work.</span></p><p></p><p>** See this title's page on Riptide.com for content warnings **</p>