Most quests for revenge end either in glory or disaster.

Akaris's ended before she began. 

After Akaris's journey halfway across the world to find the pair responsible for her father's suicide and mother's murder, she finds them gone. Broke and with no prospects, Akaris must take on a new job as she awaits for the pair's return while still struggling to determine their motives in a city policed by a former assassin's guild. By night, she takes on the worst scum the city has to offer, by day, she is a teacher at a church which houses crucial archives that could hold all the answers.

Saren Aderes is the son of the world's most notorious generals. He is also the lowest in his  college class due to a childhood spent in hiding--not studying metapathy, a hard-set magic system that most of his peers have dedicated their lives to. As final exams approach, he must find a tutor or face potentially fatal consequences that come along with the dueling round. 

Connected by their past, Akaris and Saren follow parallel paths that each lead to pieces of a greater whole.

**Will be posted as a serial with new chapters every Tuesday. Mature for gore.**