I remember reading this book in either middle school or high school and being very invested in it. It’s been a while since I’ve read anything and can’t really remember the title of the book, just minor details google can’t help with sadly. I don’t even remember the name of the protagonist but I remember it was a fiction book in a fantasy magic setting. The protagonist I’m pretty sure was male, who we’ll call boy, and his father was the most evil person to exist or the person with the most powerful dark/tainted (?) magic. The system within the book had to do with light and dark magic and boy had .5 dark magic. He got that tattooed on his arm and it was a spelled tattoo so it could never fade, scar, or be removed/damaged in any way to show his danger and his mediocrity as people with dark magic were considered vile. He tried to burn, cut, and scratch it off his skin but it stayed. I can’t remember much at all but around the end of the book I remember reading how when boy was escaping (I think) or running away, time suddenly stops and a man appears before him. His father. I don’t remember what happens with them but they talk and father floats up and disappears and time restarts again and boy goes into a cliffhanger but I swear I can’t remember the title, plot, or description of the book just those minor details. I think it’s a trilogy or series, and the book I read was the first of 3-5(?) if anyone can give me a title or an idea of what this book or the series is I’d appreciate it so much. 😭
by Low_Coyote8688