Demontouched

For Tolan, a scrappy seventeen year old street urchin and erstwhile thief in the richest city in the Grand Archipelago, life has one simple rule: look out for number one. His only connection is his handler in the Shrouded Guild, the biggest crime syndicate in Salastrom, and he prefers it that way. Less chance of things going sideways.For Rashida, things went bad a long time ago. Ten years she spent in the orphanage, terrified that they would find out her secret - a secret that led her...
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For Tolan, a scrappy seventeen year old street urchin and erstwhile thief in the richest city in the Grand Archipelago, life has one simple rule: look out for number one. His only connection is his handler in the Shrouded Guild, the biggest crime syndicate in Salastrom, and he prefers it that way. Less chance of things going sideways.For Rashida, things went bad a long time ago. Ten years she spent in the orphanage, terrified that they would find out her secret - a secret that led her mother to abandon her, a secret that could get her killed. Now, the secret is out, and she and her new rogueish companion are being hunted.These two solitary souls, brought together by a chance encounter, will have to learn to work together if they're to survive and weather the storms to come?