IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHT
an exclusive relationship between Keith Hugo and Aether Spade Shin
Keith wasn’t meant to protect anyone...at least of all someone like her. he met Aether when the world blurred between shadow and ruin..blades crossed, sparks flying, and yet, even then, something in her felt familiar. something buried deep inside him clawed its way to the surface. she was light dressed in mortal skin, unknowingly divine. he was chaos wearing the face of a man, cursed to walk among the living. they should have been enemies. they should have destroyed each other. instead, she offered him a choice-an alliance built on fragile trust and sharper edges. side by side, they fought wars that should have broken them. banter laced with tension. silent glances heavy with everything they refused to name. Keith became her shadow in the shadows...her knife in the dark, her shield when she refused to fall back. the more Aether remembers who she truly is, the more Keith feels the weight of his damnation pulling at his heels. and still, impossibly, he stays. loyal to a light he was never meant to touch.
maybe this is salvation.
maybe it’s the beginning of the end.
either way, he will burn before he lets the world take her.