Aubrey only wanted to cut ties with her sister, and the end of the world gave her a brutal chance to do it.
Bound and abandoned in a wasteland by her sister and her sister’s two boyfriends, she ignores their orders, reaches the transport site, and registers for medical care.
A repair unit meant to heal a damaged hand instead locks her inside for hours, running design protocols that leave the medical team confused and panicked.
When it finally opens, she is taller, ravenous, marked across her chest, lined for wings along her back, and able to see the future of individuals as a stellar oracle.
Such oracles appear only rarely in nature and are usually descended from the Hmrain, yet the change also gives Aubrey the one thing she wanted most: no one will mistake her for her sister again.
