love's game

What was the fun in life, if you played it safe? Although Adela Braun had lived vicariously through that statement during her Hogwarts years, it ended in those very teenage years passing in a flash of darkness, like a cloud in her vision, the rain of the stormy night pouring down and wetting her cheeks, but she had no more of her own tears left to cry. Her face hollow, sullen, and void of the thrill that her golden days had provided. If only she had seen what peace playing it safe would've given her. After all, there were much worse games to play.

cover by @chresmology