Secret Realm
What no one in Windenburg knows is that Skyler leads a hidden life,
She runs a laundromat, but her basement hides an ancient portal to Glimmerbrook Isle, a secret realm of magic. As the "Heir of the Seventh Circle," Skyler possesses a rare, dangerous ability to channel energy from life and emotions to heal or destroy.
Because magic once caused her grandmother to vanish, Skyler’s family fears the supernatural. She promised to stay away from it, yet she secretly trains with a small group called The Astral Coven. Together, they master forbidden spells and world-walking, hiding her growing power from a world that isn't ready for it.
While the town despises vampires and bans them from ever crossing human lands, Skyler secretly maintains peace with them. She visits their hidden realm deep in the Forgotten Hollow, a place no other human dares to enter. The vampires respect her, bound by an ancient pact: they stay away from humans as long as she keeps the peace and protects their secret. They call her The Keeper of Balance, the only mortal trusted by both light and shadow. Her alliance with the vampires of Forgotten Hollow goes even deeper. They once saved her life during a lunar storm when a spell backfired, nearly consuming her. In return, she forged a blood-bound truce, one that lets her cross into their lands freely. Only she can pass through the black river that marks their border. Some say the vampires whisper her name like a legend: The Mortal Witch Who Commands the Moonlight. No one knows any of this, of course. To the world, Skyler is just a woman who saves animals and runs a few shelters. But every night, when the clock strikes two, she walks through that hidden door, her eyes glowing faint gold and steps into the other life that only legends whisper about.
