There had been stories and holos which Kittani had heard and seen that captured the dark, twisted majesty of his mask- a tribute to the legend which he allowed to consume him wholly and completely. The guise was a familiar sight to her, in that she had seen it dozens of times in snapshots. But being this close, and gazing into the scarred and cracked helmet, she was amazed to feel a newer, icier terror come over her body. "Kittani Ky-knomi," Kylo Ren greeted as the mechanical voice reached her ears, a touch of scorn coating his words. "It truly has been a very, very long time." • • • • Despite seeming to have it all- an esteemed position in the Resistance, and the galaxy's best pilot as her adoring lover- Kittani Ky-knomi lives a life of uncertainty and anxiety. When she is taken as a prisoner of war by the First Order, she reconnects with a childhood friend who betrayed her and everything she stood for, only to make a haunting discovery about his masked brokenness. Finding herself between the only love she has ever known and an unexpectedly kindred spirit, Kittani must make the most difficult choice of her life, and realize that deep inside, every person is truly Beastly at their core.