The Evil That Grows

The world ended once. They called it The Shattering—a calamity so violent it split the sky, drowned nations, and tore destiny apart. From the ashes, humanity rebuilt, clinging to their fragile peace. But peace never lasts. At the edge of a ruined city, a boy awakens with no past, no name, and a power that should not exist—a power that twists, devours, and grows the more he uses it. Everyone he touches feels it: a darkness that whispers, hungry for more. They call him cursed. They call him a monster. They call him the beginning of the next calamity. …They might be right. Forced into a world that fears him, hunted by zealots and kings, he learns one truth: The only way to survive is to become what they fear. But the darkness inside him is changing. Shaping him. Feeding on his choices. Every battle, every kill, every betrayal… it grows. And with it—so does he. As forgotten gods stir and ancient sins awaken, the world will face a question it hoped to never confront again: Is he their salvation… or the Evil that grows?