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The Desire To Belong

Penulis: Mayemura Special
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-07-26 21:31:38

Koa

The pain is dull now. Dull and distant, like a memory I have not yet decided to keep. The kind that lingers just under the skin, too proud to fade but not loud enough to demand attention.

Silver and wolfsbane, a coward's poison. It burns slow, stalling the body, whispering doubt into the bones. But I am still here. And I am still breathing. Thanks to her. Zenith the most low-key healer of this century.

I lie against the hollowed trunk of a pine, the scent of crushed leaves and fire-smoke
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