The Shadow Weaver's Ascendance

Previously

…As the first rays of dawn began to paint the eastern sky, Gu Kai turned his back on the clearing. He had survived his first real test, his first encounter with the forces that sought to exploit or guide him. He carried the weight of his village’s destruction, the fear of his pursuers, and the burgeoning power within him. But he also carried a glimmer of hope, a nascent understanding that his journey was just beginning, a journey into the heart of shadows and the secrets of a lineage he was only beginning to comprehend. He was a shadow weaver, and the world was about to learn his name.