Chapter One - Adumbrate

Thirteen is an unlucky number for most, but for Dick Grayson, it's haunting. It followed him like a demon, watching him stumble and make mistakes until he fell into Slade's dark, iron grip. The chokehold of an apprenticeship tearing what was left of his crumbling world into pieces. He was no longer a hero, but dragged from the light and forced into the darkness.