
Web serial by AvaritiaBona
Ana just wanted to get home. Instead, the kid she was bodyguarding got dragged through a hole in reality, and she went with him. Once the smoke settled, Nic was dead, Ana had no way home, and she had to deal with magic, floating numbers, and a forest full of demons. The locals are friendly — when they're not trying to kill her. Ana has a gift for getting stronger, even if she struggles to see people as anything more than objects. Possessed creatures and bad actors will find out what happens when they run afoul of someone unburdened by conscience. A bodyguard turned guardian angel, Ana will fight to protect her new world, whatever it takes.

Ana just wanted to get home. Instead, the kid she was bodyguarding got dragged through a hole in reality, and she went with him. Once the smoke settled, Nic was dead, Ana had no way home, and she had to deal with magic, floating text, and a forest full of demons. The locals are friendly — when they're not trying to kill her. And Ana just keeps getting stronger.

Three weeks after her abduction to the Splinter, Anastasia Cole's life is all but unrecognizable. Thrust into a fantasy world of magic, an enigmatic System, and demonically possessed creatures, Ana has chosen to survive — and thrive. She's growing stronger, learning to shape mana, and has even found people who matter to her. But now half her friends are missing, a woman is infected with a soul-eating disease, and the outpost is under siege by feral Earthlings carrying that same infection. Ana is a survivor. She is also a protector. She will fight back.

After months of struggle, Ana is finally beginning to feel at home in the Splinter — with close friends, loyal allies, and Mestendi, her anchor and sanctuary. But peace is elusive. The Sentinel hasn't given up on destroying the Splinters, and his followers are innumerable. Many in Ana's own community fear and hate her. Many of the Stolen — people torn from Earth — see her as a traitor. So be it. With friends, allies, and a goddess backing her up, Ana will be ready when the Sentinel's forces come.