(A bit of background, this story has been one that I have been working on and updating since I got my first laptop in 2016. I have finally settled on what it was supposed to be and was actually working on getting this published but school stopped me when I got to busy. I have 28 chapters of this story finished and am gonna be uploading about five chapters a week till we catch up. Hope you enjoy it)

Ivy Oren is a lot of things, some would call her the heir to a throne she doesn't want, some would call her a prodigy, and some would claim she is a liar, a brat, an evil serpent. However, to Ivy, she doesn't know who she truly is or what she truly wants to be. She never imagined that one mission would send her down a rabbit hole, and  into a faith she was told to hate. Born to the snake charmers of the jepei world, Ivy is sent on her first true mission from home, to kill a young girl named Ori Oikawa, who has made an enemy of a brillant woman who lives in the city that never sleeps. During this mission, she lets someone into her heart, a man that she begins to call Immanuel, a man that seems to know more about her than even she knows about herself.

Ivy is a prodigy, a genius fighter, but how can she win against a girl who doesn't seem that bad, that wants her help, and who serves a God that has never lost a battle, that has never lost a fight, whose warriors have never lost when his hand is on their life?

She was just eight years old when her entire world came crashing down. The night her own mother showed her true colors, revealed her true hand. The night that Verona was almost taken from her home, from her father, and would have met her momma and sister. That was five years ago, and while good has come, she can never allow herself to forget the darkness. Never let it go, never forgive, never forget, not allow one scar to heal on her body, now allow one person to go unpunished. Katherine Blackthorn took everything from her, and the only payment that could fix that mistake. Is one made of blood. After so long, Verona was starting to think that maybe she would never have the chance to get this debt repaid. Katherine hasn’t shown her face in nearly five years.

“She is dead, she is dead now, and forevermore” That was what a small 13-year-old told herself for so long. A way to soothe her mind just a bit. To deal with the past, create a headcanon that is fact.

However, one day that canon was destroyed.

After learning that Katherine Bloodthorn is still alive, and seems to be working in the criminal network of New York City. Verona hatches a plan to leave her home on Tarun’s Island. An island home to nearly 750,000 people that can tap into a special type of energy known as jepei. She joins her father Jonan Whisperwind, and his partner Joshua, in bringing in Katherine either alive or dead, as well as taking down the kingpin Hezekiah Wallace, who is more than meets the eye. She goes undercover to gain the trust of his daughter, a young girl who is being trained much how her mo- How Katherine used to train her.

This was the moment that Verona had been waiting for her entire life.

A chance to give her mother the ultimate punishment for her sins, repay it with death… yet talking about it was the easy part. Actually going through with it is the hard part.

I hate her.

I want to kill her.

I will destroy her.

I miss her….

I’m still scared of her.

Destiny Myers was a lot of things, some called her a hero, some called her a fighter, some called her strong. A few called her big sister, one called her daughter, and one used to call her mother. That one had long since died and it was all her fault. It has been nearly ten years since that horrible day, and since than Destiny has locked herself away in her wonderful home that was made for more than one person. A home whose door would stay locked forever, until one day someone came banging on that door. A small child named Lola Summers.

And she needed help.

Lola Summer is a unique girl even for the old group of people across the world with jepei energy. She seems to hold seven different personalities inside of her small body, seven that can take control of her body based on the emotions she is feeling. Lola wants a lot of things, a safe home, a loving family, to never be a weapon that others want her to be. All of that seemed impossible until one day she woke up on Destiny's steps. And this odd woman took her in to protect her from another who wanted nothing more than to Destroy Lola and weaponize the other seven. They were strong, and she was weak.

Together, Lola and Destiny try to start a life together, to make new friends and strong allies. To try and be a family, but both seem to have one demon that won't stop chasing them. One that only wants what lies inside of Lola, she tried this once with Ruth. Destiny would never let her try this again,

She would rather die before that happened.

(This is gonna be the last of the three stories I am gonna work on here, the other two being Project Exodus and Chasing my Mother's Sins. How this will work is every other week I am gonna work on the projects here. This week was about working and posting this new story and chasing my mother's sins, the following week is gonna be about the 2nd batch of chapters for Project Exodus. So I hope you enjoy.)

The people of Tarun Island are peaceful, the island is a safe haven for adults and children born with the gift of jepei. An energy that is drawn from nature, an energy that lets them create and communicate their animal spirit. Jepei users have spanned throughout history, have caused events, and lived through things that many would find fake. One thing is kept from their people, a group that travels across the world and finds information that has gone missing. Scrolls older than the first people, relics that have sunk deep into the sea. Treasure that is worth a fortune. Answers to question that could change the way the world is looked at, truths about gods and goddesses that could destroy religions. The last group has finally retired and it is time for a new team to begin it's journey. A new team of six students each with a unique gift.

E.mily.

X.Xavier.

O.Olivia.

D.aniel.

U.Nique.

S.Sarah.

These six students have been brought together to be the 15th generation of Tarun's project to gather information. They are known as Project EXODUS. And their first protect? Find what happened to The Tower of Babel and the relic and creature that was used to shatter that attempt to reach God's Glory. Six students, each with different issues, one that can only be faced together, not as a team, or friends, but as one family. However, what can you do when one simple journey to find information leads you into darkness so black that you can barely see?

Fight as one.

(This is the 2nd story that I will be posting every two weeks, along side with my first story Chasing My Mother's Sins. So please check that one out as well.Will be getting another cover made soon as well.)