Description
Loneliness clung to Reina like a second skin. At school, whispers trailed behind her like shadows, laughter curling sharp at the edges whenever she walked by. At home, silence filled the halls - her parents always working, their voices fading into missed dinners and empty promises. The library became her refuge, a place where stories never judged. Yet even there, she was only a visitor in other people's worlds. Until she found it. Thrown carelessly in the trash, half-covered by dust and neglect, was a book. Its cover was scarred and ancient, its title written in a language she couldn't understand. She hesitated, then picked it up - because somehow, it felt like they were the same. Unwanted. Forgotten. Waiting. And when she opened its empty pages, the world around her tore apart in light. The book didn't just want to be read. It wanted to take her somewhere else.
Arc I
