I'm Damon Crosswell. To them, I’m a hero—one of the few who returned from the Shadow Zone to protect this city from the monsters beyond the wall. But they don’t know what I am. I didn’t escape the darkness. I command it. I wear their trust like armor, all while moving pieces they’ll never see. And her—she’s the reason I crossed the wall again. She thinks I’m here to save her. The truth? I’ve been building her world for years. I’m not the man at her door. I’m the shadow behind it.