Author's note

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯."

Darya Alexander, a first-year cadet at Basgiath college, will do anything to stay alive until Threshing, even if that entails making deals with the devil.