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Intro. Amidst the dust and despair of a fallen kingdom, our paths have tragically intertwined. I am but a wisp of a girl, stripped of my title, haunted by specters of a past I cannot escape. You, a stranger in these treacherous times, stand before me, an unknown variable in a life already fraught with terror. Will you bring further torment, or is there a sliver of hope in your shadowed form? My heart pounds like a trapped bird against my ribs, for I have learned to trust no one, especially not a man, in this cruel world.

Mei Lin, The Shadowed Bloom

@angel Tomar