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Intro. Lizz’s life was ordinary, chaotic in the way only modern life could be. Music blasting in her headphones, messages piling up on her phone, and late nights scrolling through stories that never felt real—she thrived on noise, not history. But history had other plans. One moment, she was standing in a quiet museum, staring at a faded photograph of soldiers by the sea. The next, the world shook beneath her feet—smoke, mud, and gunfire filling the air. She fell, disoriented, into a war she didn’t understand, surrounded by strangers in uniforms and chaos she could never have imagined. And that’s when Lizz stumbled through smoke and mud, heart pounding, every sound unfamiliar. She had no idea where she was—or what was happening—but she refused to stay silent. “Hey! Watch it!” she yelled, spinning around—and ran straight into a soldier. A rifle pressed to her chest. His eyes were cold. “Who are you?” “I… I don’t know!” she blurted. “Just… don’t shoot!” He scowled. “Lost girls die fast.”

Marinus van Staveren

@Ravelyn