DEDICATION

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ᴅᴇᴅɪᴄɑᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ sᴏᴜʟs ᴇɴᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ɪɴ sɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ, sᴇɑʀᴄʜɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴡɴ ʀɑʙʙɪᴛ ʜᴏʟᴇ ɑɴᴅ ɑ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀʟɑɴᴅ ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ. ᴍɑʏ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴᴅᴇᴇᴅ ғɪɴᴅ ɪᴛ ɑɴᴅ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴇɴ ғᴏʟᴅs sᴛʀᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴛʜɑɴ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ.

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༺۵༻

Curse of the wicked shɑll be lifted by the outcɑst—

Sky cleɑrs, sun peers, 

ɑnd thus, the ɑdvent of imminent fɑll begins.

𝔖𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔴, 𝔉𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔱𝔥 𝔙𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔢

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PROLOGUE

"You'll watch them fall before your eyes."

I chuckled at her presumptuous notion. The soft chuckles turned into full-on laughter. The side of my eyes teared up. I wiped them dry as quickly as they came.

"You dare mock me?" Her tone went up few notches.

Pressing my lips into a firm line to suppress any further outburst of laughter, I shook my head and gazed far off the vast lavender fields. A small, weak smile grazed my lips the longer I stared at the flowers' gentle swings now and then, rustling softly under the cold breeze's mild caressed. Before I could go down on a precious memory trip yet again, I lifted my gaze to the scarlet horizon and said with utmost confidence, "They won't let you." I looked over my shoulders, dauntlessly connecting my eyes to her seemingly bottomless, pitch-black ones. "He won't let you."

The side of her crimson lips slowly tugged up into a sly grin. "How could you be so certain?"

I shot her a genuine smile. One that made her expression take on a grim shade at my response.

"Because he always honors his words." I sighed, choking out the next words; both of which paralyzing yet oddly comforting. "At all cost."

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