Release #1 - Chapter 1: The boy and the boar

Kaito knows better than most that his life could end at any moment if not for the protection that comes from standing at Akihiko’s side. He’s fully aware he only survives because he’s useful to the daimyo’s son, yet he’s content enough living in the comforts of Edo while he can. That small, pleasant life ends the moment a summons arrives from Gyoganseki Province, calling Akihiko home to take up his father’s title. Gyoganseki is a place thick with unease. Whispers slip through the halls, the mountains press in from every side, and it doesn’t take long for Kaito to notice that Akihiko is not quite himself, restless, volatile and insisting that something out there is calling to him beneath it all there’s the persistent feeling that something unseen is swimming in the shadows. Kaito can’t shake the thought that a threat is already inside the castle walls. And if he hopes to keep Akihiko safe and keep himself alive he’ll have to find whatever is lurking in the dark before it decides to step forward.

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