After getting forcibly drafted and stuck on a Free Terran Vessel, one womans journey to becoming herself leads her to realize that perhaps getting captured was a blessing in disguise.

Two Apprentices enter…One Magus leaves. But for the other, the familiar, who’s to say that their life is over? One finds out that it’s just the beginning.

A Ritual of the Familiar story. Renatus decided to Challenge Wynter to the Duel of the Binding of Souls. Possibly the best mistake he ever made…but will he remain himself, when he has no control over the outcome? Or will there be more to life once he no longer HAS a life?