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Chapter 10: Packing Shadows
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Crimson Bloomed: Ascend Chapter 10: Packing Shadows
Chapter 10: Packing ShadowsAria moved around her small apartment with a strange kind of numb determination. The rain from last night still clung to the windows, streaks running down the glass like tears, but inside, she was busy packing the few things she could carry. Clothes folded into a battered duffel bag, notebooks stacked carefully, the sketchbook tucked away like a secret. Every item was a piece of the life she was leaving behind — her normal, cracked and fragile as it was.Selene sat silently in the living room, arms crossed, watching without saying a word. Her green eyes flicked occasionally toward Aria, but she didn't speak. She'd learned patience during her two years preparing for this moment — the rebirth, the awakening, the storm coming — and yet, every time she looked at Aria, she felt like she was facing something new. This Aria was different, fragile but fierce, tangled up in secrets neither of them fully understood yet.Selene thought about the cat. Piper. The way Ar
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Crimson Bloomed: Ascend Chapter 8: Even If She Wasn't Mine, She Was
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Crimson Bloomed: Ascend Chapter 6: When the Sky Starts to Bleed
Chapter 6: When the Sky Starts to BleedThe morning dragged itself out like the sky was caught between a sigh and a storm. Rain fell in slow, uneven drops, wetting the cracked sidewalks and washing the city in a soft gray haze. Aria pulled her umbrella low over her head, its worn nylon barely keeping the chill off. The streets were almost empty, quiet except for the steady tap of rain on pavement and the distant hum of a city reluctant to wake.She moved with a weight pressing down on her chest — like the sky was folding in on itself and she was caught in the middle. She didn't know where she was going. Not really. Her boots splashed through puddles, careless and cold, as if the water couldn't reach inside her.Passing the old bookstore next to the café — a place usually closed on Mondays — Aria blinked. The door was cracked open, just enough for a shadow to slip through. She stopped, heart skipping. The air smelled of damp paper and something sharper underneath. Metal? Static?"Mrs.
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Chapter 5: The Girl in the Fever DreamShe was sixteen. Technically "emancipated." Practically just a girl with keys, a name that wasn't hers anymore, and an apartment no one was supposed to know about. And still, somehow — Uncle Raymond found her.She didn't know how. Maybe Evan had followed her one day, or maybe one of those fake "family friends" had given her up. Either way, they were at her door. Loud, entitled, and pushing."You think you're grown now, huh?" Raymond's voice was smooth, practiced, fake concern dripping from every syllable. "I'm just worried about you, honey. You're not answering calls. I thought maybe you needed help managing everything."Aria didn't answer. She stood behind the door, breath held, phone clutched in her hand but no one to call. The lawyer said the trust was hers. But if Raymond pushed hard enough, if he found a judge —"Come on, Aria. Be smart. You don't even know how to handle money. Let me help you."His fist pounded once, hard.She flinched."Da
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