Theo's life started out pretty normal. It was just him and his mom against the world, an unstoppable team of two. Sure they didn't have a lot of money, and his mom worked way too hard to run her small bakery and still be present for him, but they were happy. At least at first. The ache started small when he was younger, passing moments of being different from the other kids. As he got older, it got worse. He burned with the need to know who he was and where he came from. Why did he constantly feel so different than the other kids? Why would his mom not tell him anything real about his father? It became an anger that he couldn't stop from spilling over as he neared his 18th birthday. Tonight it all came to a head and he'd exploded at his mom and said something truly awful. He'd wanted to take it back the second it left his mouth, but it was too late. He watched the light behind his mothers eyes flicker with a pain he didn't know she'd been hiding. Even still the ache to know was bigger than this. He needed to find out more about his father. He needed to know who he came from. Enter Shadow, and the promise of more, more information, more adventure, more about his father. With little thought, Theo barges ahead into the unknown world of his father, and the power he didn't know he possessed. The world of the guardians. Can he navigate a world he only half belongs to? Can he be what his father needs? Can he truly ever exist in both worlds? Come along for the ride and find out.
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