darklyvin
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𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, he let my world burn to ashes.
𝐂𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞. The phantom in my nightmares, the catalyst for my family's ruin, and the only man I have ever loved. I watched him remain unmoved while my life fell apart. He chose his legacy. He chose his crown. And in doing so, he became the villain in my story forever.
I spent seven hundred and thirty days running. I changed my name, froze my life, and built a sanctuary of silence. I thought the distance would heal the jagged edges of my fractured soul.
𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥.
Now, I am back in his city, driven by a thirst for closure that feels like a burn. I thought my silence was a shield, that by staying in the shadows, I could dismantle him. But Caelum doesn't play by the rules. He is the dark itself, lurking in the periphery, pulling the strings of a trap I never saw coming.
𝐀 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞. An anonymous invitation that I tried so desperately to erase from my mind.
𝐇𝐞 wants a challenge. 𝐇𝐞 wants me to return to his world, to walk straight into the den of the man who broke me. He thinks I am returning to surrender to his beautiful, cruel cage. But he forgets that a cornered heart is the most dangerous thing in the woods.
I am stepping into his world. I am playing his game. But beneath the surface, I am bringing the fire-and this time, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭.
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