Darling, Shadow

Maria Robotnik was invisible.

As a child in the grim station of ARK, she had learned her lessons well. In a family of thirteen, the squeaking wheel got back handed and burdened with extra chores. In any forest, it was the tallest tree that suffered the lightning. So Maria, early on, had decided to be a shrub. Under bleak space skies, in her somber wools, Maria Robotnik was barely distinguishable. She was always busying herself since her grandfather, her only family member left, was busy working on something or another. What she didn't know was Gerald was working on something that would change her life…..