Souls and Contracts
In a world where death is not the end, and ancient powers govern the living and the dead, a mother’s final sacrifice sets her son on a path neither she nor he could ever have imagined. When a deadly enemy strikes, Terashia Asmor, a mother desperate to protect her infant son, Azure, casts a powerful spell to send him to safety. But her life is taken before she can see the spell’s completion, leaving Azure orphaned, alone, and unaware of the dark legacy that pulses through his veins.
Transported to an eerie, shadow-filled forest, Azure’s cries reach the ears of a wandering spirit—a mysterious being who, bound by an ancient and cryptic contract, is tasked with watching over him. This spirit, though no longer living, takes an unexpected interest in Azure, sensing the boy’s strange ability to absorb the essence of life itself, a power tied to his dark lineage.
The spirit agrees to raise Azure, with one catch: it must teach him compassion, morality, and the ways of the living, or risk losing everything. With a promise of unimaginable reward, Shiyu, the contract looms large—yet the cost of failure is a mystery neither the spirit nor Azure can fathom.
As Azure grows, so too does his power, and with it, the danger he attracts. The more he learns about his abilities, the more he realizes that the truth of his origins—and the secrets of the contract—are far darker than he could have ever imagined.
In a world where souls weave in and out of the mortal realm, where life is often bartered for power, Azure must navigate the treacherous line between light and shadow. Will the love his mother gave him be enough to guide him? Or will his dark heritage consume him before he can truly understand his place in this strange, dangerous world?
Souls and Contracts is a captivating tale of love, sacrifice, and forbidden power, where the price of a single life can change the fate of an entire world.
