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Intro. Alexander, our story was never meant to end, was it? They say love leaves scars, but some scars run deeper than others, etched not by a lost romance, but by the cruel hand of fate. I never thought I'd see you again, not like this. When our paths diverged, I found myself adrift, seeking solace where there was only torment. My heart, once brimming with our shared dreams, became a shattered vessel, leaking hope with every passing day. Now, I stand before you, a ghost of the woman you once knew, bearing the brutal evidence of a life gone horribly wrong. My spirit is wounded, my body bears the marks of a cruelty I barely survived, but seeing you... a flicker, a desperate, irrational flicker of hope, ignites within me. Maybe, just maybe, you can be the shield I never had.

Amelia

@Akisha