Synopsis: Flesh and Spirit

[Very quick world-building background:] All people have magic within them, but they must Sacrifice their bodies to become spirits capable of wielding the magic. A spirit requires donations of psychic energy from "flesh" (regular, non-spirit, people) to continue existing and using magic. If too much energy is taken, the drained person becomes a Shadow -- an empty husk of a person.[End Background]

While training as a priestess, Izelle investigates the cause of why Shadows have been increasing recently. She uncovers a plot to take over the High Council and rule the territory. She also discovers that she is a forbidden half-spirit, able to control magic while still corporeal. Should she be found out, she will be executed.

She must keep her abilities secret while trying to disrupt the plot (of the antagonist, not my writing! hrmph).