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First Light, Second Dawn - Chapter 1: Sunset (Patreon)

Published:
2026-10-23 23:31:21
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2026-11-04 03:54:47
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2026-11
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Welcome back to the island. Sort of.

Our first Jack & Jill "snapshot" is here, and it’s a novel written by my best friend, the amazing Helena Grace! I loved working with Helena on Echoes of Eve: Pink Slip, and I’ve been so excited for you to read this one.

What I love most about this story is that it shows us Second Dawn and Clinic 12 through someone else’s eyes. Not Nikki’s, not Jill’s. Devon is going through a different program entirely, with a Handler who sees him less as a person and more as an experiment. And then - like always - there’s Mr. Davis. You’ll see.

Here's what Helena has to say:

In First Light, we follow Devon, who has the misfortune to end up on Second Dawn’s radar. Their new Venus Code algorithm flagged him as a possible candidate for their Companion program, for better or worse, but things aren’t as straightforward as they may seem.

Devon wakes up and meets Vivian and learns that he had more to fear from the light than the darkness as she explains just what they have in store for him, and as he soon finds out, she's the carrot, not the stick, and that there’s always room for things to get worse.

Will he escape, survive, or thrive? Find out as the chapters unfold.

Fair warning that this chapter has everything you'd expect from someone being introduced to Clinic 12 and Mr. Davis for the first time... But you know what they say: It's always darkest before the dawn.

I went a little crazy with this first chapter and made 9 images. 😊 I was very inspired because Helena is an incredible writer, and if you like this, please check out her Patreon! Trust me on this one.

Can’t wait to hear what you think! 💕

Attached is a PDF and an ePub!

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Helena Grace

This one is special to me, and chapter one is only the beginning.

Tim

As much as I'm anxious to follow Elaine's journey in this "different program," Ms. Vivian is the one who has really piqued my curiosity. There's so much to discover about her. Right now, we don't know much beyond her disgust for Davis, which is hardly a unique trait as 99.9% of humanity would share that disgust after only the briefest of encounters with the head of the Toy Division.

Helena Grace

Vivian fits a very specific role within Second Dawn, that Jack & Jill hasn't quite touched on. You are absolutely right about how (almost) everyone feels about Davis. There is a ton of Ms. Vivian to come and some familiar faces to look forward to.

Gemma

This has been great to read. I felt enveloped by the first hand experience of the trauma and confusion all of those who went through second dawn must have encountered. The mind games, the gas lighting, second guessing of oneself experienced by Devon. The victim mentality of self blame that so quickly occurs within him. Even in situations in which are designed for you to fail being interpreted by him as reflective of his own mistakes. All these psychological aspects are amazing and feel so true to real life victim perpetrator scenarios. How quickly Devon becomes so dependent on Vivian and fretful of disappointing and failing to please her. Davis’s presence is a reminder of just how much hurt and psychological damage he has created for so many. Interesting to hear him mention Kendra and his plans on a replacement when she is no longer around. I wonder, will Kendra and others may make an appearance in this story. I like the first person approach to this story that enables us to connect both with Devin as victim, science subject. We really gain such great insights into his experiences. Hearing things from Vivian’s point of view we can see the cold calculated experimentation mindset that motivates, drives her in her inhumane science experiment. The art work, as always is amazing. I look forward to the next episode and connecting with the further impacts of the ongoing lived experiences, both psychologically and physically. This story, also provides a reminder for us all of what has happened at second dawn. It provides more insights and understanding into the horror, trauma and experiences that Jill, Nikki, and so many others have been through. Well done and thanks.

Jenny S

Ooo, fantastic start. I'm very excited to explore more of Clinic 12 and the awful torture they get up to, the dark and grimy hidden foundation of Second Dawn. Poor Devon. Feel free to correct me if I'm off base here, but I read him as autistic, his processing of his situation feels very careful and thought out, and both fear of the dark and want for a heavy blanket could be sensory processing traits. If that's the intent, I am very interested in seeing that kind of perspective going through the Second Dawn process. The amount of delusion Vivian is under in thinking she's really any better than Davis could fill the Mariana Trench. "Oh, I'm just *psychologically* torturing our kidnap victims, that's way better." I mean, yes, in Devon's place, I'd take occasionally having to be a lab rat in behavioral experiments than actual assault (though I'd just end up grabbing that N64 with Goldeneye without a TV or outlet to plug it in because I'm a nostalgia-poisoned Millennial :P ), but she treats her subjects like slabs of meat all the same. The immediate escalation of castration from just trying to play along is gut wrenching. Fantastic story, Helena, I'm much looking forward to more. And excellent art as always, Emory! <3

Pet Jeffery

My first thought is what an extraordinarily clean piece of string. Maybe that says more about my experience of string than about the illustration. This is like Liberation in that I see it on two different people's Patreon. I've downloaded both the pdf and the epub files. I've looked through the pictures on the pdf, recognising both Davis and Dr Hatcher. I'll send the epub to my Kindle library and then to my Kindle Scribe, and I will probably read it in bed tonight. Reading something like Half Sisters on pdf on my computer monitor works well, but this has too much text for me to read other than as a proper e-book.

Pet Jeffery

I've now sent it to my Kindle Scribe and I'm struck by how well the images of the Second Dawn basement work, when viewed in monochrome on a paperwhite device. Black and white suits that murky realm really well. I think that this may be the first time I've had images of the basement with few enough kilobytes to be sent to my Kindle library.

Kris Greg

I love it so far!

Ellen Mellor

Interesting! I'm loving the different approach to Second Dawn and the new concept. I can't help but think that Vivian is going to be very disappointed when Xu disabuses her of the notion that she can publish any of this. I'll be interested to find out where this fits in the timeline of Emory's story. I assume it's not going to be interrupted by the events of the Evening but at the same time, it's recent enough that the idea of the algorithm is there. Unless this is the precursor to the current algorithm and feeds into the 'main' story there. Of course, it could also be an alternative timeline so the events of the two don't interfere with each other. Ultimately though, it doesn't matter as I'm just going to enjoy both stories and not worry about the wibbly-wobbly timey-wimeyness of it all. (This is a total lie. I'm going to think about it all the time. But I'm not going to let interfere with my enjoyment of the stories.) (Crossposting this on both Emory and Helena's Patreon because Emory made me join Helena's. She's evil is that Ms Ahlberg. Makes me do fun, enjoyable things just by recommending them. Truly evil.)

Ellen Mellor

Oh. Sorry. Emory's artwork is as always fantastic. I forgot to say that because it's sort of like saying 'I like breathing ain't.

Helena Grace

Devon is a contemporary of Brooke and Ava. Glad you are enjoying it!

Helena Grace

So a lot of Devon's behaviors are loosely based on my own, there's some edges filled off so while the read isn't my intention. That doesn't mean that it's wrong either. Vivian isn't better, but she certainly feels superior to Davis, and really, who could blame her. Glad you are enjoying it.

Helena Grace

I love riding along with the characters, and i find first person works exceptionally well with my writing style. The test room was one of my favorite bits to write. There's a lot more to come and i'm looking forward to sharing it with everyone.

Crewchick

An intersting take so far. A little more cerebral and focussed on the self talk of the individual going through the process. Definately intersted in learning what comes next, and how this integrates into Jack & Jill and possibly even Half Susters, depending on the timeline. Personally Devin is a little too Beta for my taste. I want to see a little more resistence and fight. Though I totally get going along to get along in order to avoid anything far worse. And perhaps Devon being beta plays into the algorithm. Though Jack and Nick both scored high on the algorithm and they both tended to be a bit more alpha (even if Jack liked to present as a laid back surfer dude.). The death of his mother realy shook him up. Looking at the above paragraph I need to clarify, I am not a sadist. I don't enjoy seeing people totured and broken. It is just I feel it is more realistic to see the characters hanging onto who and what they are, and not giving it up without a fight. How do you know what the limits are if you don't test them? Especially when you hit the point of thinking "maybe I would be better off dead at this point". Once you have nothing left to lose, anything is possible. If they fought and won, then obviously you would not have a transformation story. So losing has to happen at some point. I think the more a person resists the more likely they are to retain more of who they are.

Pet Jeffery

This is intriguing. Emory's superb artwork maybe makes it look deceptively familiar. But, with Helena Grace on board, we're looking at Second Dawn through a fresh pair of eyes. That's exciting because Second Dawn lies at the root of so much that I've been following, not only Jack and Jill but also Half Sisters. It's conceivable that Vivian could turn up in either series, throwing who knows what surgical (or psychological) spanner into the works.