"I was hanging from my arms, but thinking about my life made it feel more like I was hanging from my neck." I'm Ren, a senior in geology, and I've got one year left before graduating university. One night closing up the library on campus, an enormous, gargoyle-come-to-life with glowing eyes saves me from being assaulted. Surely, this is the guardian angel I've been waiting for all of my life, right? No matter what he looks like. I mean, how else does he know details about me he shouldn't? Like my name, that I've been looking for a way to escape beneath my parents' oppression for years, and that I've got a penchant for magic. Wait, seriously? He'll teach me magic in exchange for helping him? He seems like a dream too good to be true. Oh gosh, now that I think about it, this better not be a demon trying to trick me into entering a covenant with them. "Never in my lengthy existence had I felt this way for a living creature." It was humiliating that I had been bested by a thief, but to then get snared in my pursuit was nigh unforgivable. Trapped as I am, I'm unable to return home, but able to move between the World Barrier separating our realms. Seeking aid from a human was my only recourse. I had read up on humans, and as I expected, she was unpredictable and energetic. I hadn't expected her to be so enchanting, so perspective-altering. In her I had hoped to find a tool with which to pry myself free, but I was quickly getting more, so much more, than I had bargained for.
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