Our Dark Incantations
Wanda Hellmund
by SenLinYu
Helena Marino is a survivor of a brutal war, now reduced to a prisoner of the corrupt guild families and necromancers who conquered her homeland. Her life is a fractured mosaic; she remains haunted by months of missing memories that her captors are desperate to exploit. While her former allies viewed her as a mere healer, the regime suspects she holds the key to the Resistance’s final, devastating secret.
To extract this hidden knowledge, Helena is placed under the control of the High Reeve, a formidable necromancer whose ruthless reputation is matched only by the decaying grandeur of his estate. As she navigates the volatile atmosphere of his home, the power dynamic between prisoner and captor begins to shift. What starts as an interrogation evolves into a dangerous, claustrophobic dance of manipulation and discovery.
Trapped in a web of dark magic and political intrigue, Helena must fight to reclaim her identity before her mind is permanently unmade. Yet, as she peels back the layers of the Reeve’s own mysterious history, she realizes that the truth she seeks could shatter them both. In a world defined by shadows, the most lethal weapon is the one buried within her own psyche.