COME BACK TO US

Marcy watched in horror as the dark tendrils of Troy’s bloodlust slithered outward, consuming everything in their path. The air was thick with death, the cries of the fallen swallowed by the suffocating darkness. Zack and the rest of the team had heeded Tetract’s warning, staying as far from Troy as possible—but if he didn’t stop now, even they wouldn’t be safe.

“Troy, this isn’t you!” Marcy’s voice cracked, her eyes brimming with tears.

Troy wasn’t just a friend or a brother to her—he was more than that. He was the light in her life when all she had known was darkness. He had been one of the only people who had cared for her simply because she was herself. That was why she had stayed by his side all these years. As tears spilled down her cheeks, memories flooded her mind, pulling her back to the moment they met. He was her first friend always will.

### ***Years Ago…***

“So, you’re the girl blessed with the powers of the ancestral witch.”