Marco Delacroix had always lived in the shadow of sorrow and loneliness. Life became smaller, quieter, and achingly hollow after his mother's death—until Arlene came along. Her warmth and compassion gave him a reason to carry on, her smile lighting up the bleakness of his life. Their friendship turned into his anchor, one so deep that it seemed impossible to break. But life has this strange knack of pulling apart what is most precious to us. One night, Marco finds Arlene brutally murdered and her last, unfinished words echoing in his head every turn of the way. Desperate, Marco vows to find justice at any cost. It is at his bleakest that a shadowy figure named Nathaniel comes to the fore, asserting himself as a guide with answers to questions Marco never even realized he needed to ask. As Marco wrestles with the intense ache of his loss, strange things begin to happen. His drawings, a place where he found respite, begin to grow to life. The very objects, people, and events he has drawn now pop into reality, their very lives tied to the emotions in every stroke. However, it has disastrous limitations and moral implications that force him to question the fine lines of creation, destruction, and humanity. Will the gift save Marco, or become his nemesis? As reality and fantasy intertwine, he needs to determine whether revenge is worth the ultimate cost: his soul. This is the haunting tale of love, loss, and what people will do to achieve justice. To all those who like their fantasy dark, emotional thrillers, and morally ambiguous characters, this is a story that explores the fine line between creation and destruction and the price of power born out of pain. -------------------------------------------------------------- Content Warnings later in the Story: Profanity, Sensitive Content, Graphic Violence What to expect: Slight Romance Dark Themes (such as Suicide, Depression, Murder, Revenge, etc.) A chill MC -------------------------------------------------------------- Have fun reading this debut novel I made! Hope I did good for my first.