Tethered by fate
In a world where the paranormal is whispered about but rarely seen, a secret war rages beyond mortal sight. Humanity lives unaware, moving through narrow city streets, tourist-filled avenues, and military bases, while beneath it all, an ancient order called Via Lucis wages a hidden battle. Born with celestial power, these warriors exist to prevent darkness from seeping into the world. They wear the masks of MI6 agents, military officers, and FBI operatives, blending seamlessly into governments and armies. Always watching, always guarding, always ready.
Yet the shadows sometimes break through.
At the center of this clandestine war is Captain Tiffany Luna Clark. Feared for her iron authority and unmatched skill, she is the only woman among a brotherhood of warriors, and the most powerful of them all. Her wings of golden light blaze with pure energy, illuminating the darkness even when she stands alone. By day, she commands soldiers in the Scottish Army; by necessity, she becomes the human shield of the world, a celestial warrior battling threats beyond comprehension.
Her carefully ordered life begins to unravel when William Luxon arrives at the base. Bold, reckless, and infuriatingly persistent, he challenges her at every turn. He breaks her rules, mocks her authority, and appears wherever she least wants him. But there is more to William than Tiffany suspects. He is a ghost from her past, the one she cannot see, yet who has always watched over her. He knows her history, her heart, and the secret she has yet to fully understand, that the man at her side is James, her childhood friend, lost to her years ago, now returned in a form she never expected.
As Tiffany struggles with this revelation, darkness circles. Antonio, a Nightcrawler with obsidian wings and power that rivals her own, has returned. Once a lover, now a weapon for Gordon, the immortal enemy of light, he seeks to capture Tiffany, to bend her to his master’s will. Antonio toys with her like a grandmaster playing a board of living pieces, his cruel game called The Joker and The Queen. Every move he makes threatens lives, every strategy lures her into peril. What he cannot see is William’s unseen hand, guiding Tiffany from the shadows, his presence a silent rebellion against Antonio’s designs.
When battle erupts in city streets and bloodlines collide, Tiffany must confront the impossible. Old love and new power intertwine as she and William fight side by side, the ghosts of the past and the warriors of the present uniting against a threat that could extinguish the light of the world. Secrets unravel, loyalties fracture, and the line between friend and foe blurs.
In the end, choices will be made in fire and blood. Antonio may fall, but the world remains uncertain, and Tiffany and William’s love, once hidden, will shine against the shadows. They must reveal themselves to their elite order, to stand as a beacon for the forces of light, and to face the darkness that always waits, patient, cunning, eternal.