Prologue

Welcome, new initiate! 😈 (Go ahead—imagine the evil laugh. I'll wait. Muhaha! ...Okay, I'm done. Mostly.)

Just kidding😅(Not really)

First of all—congratulations. You clicked. That alone means something. You didn't scroll past, you didn't roll your eyes and exit. You stopped. In a world where everyone's attention span is shorter than a TikTok clip, you took a second to give a stranger's words a chance. So thank you for that. Genuinely.

This is my first book. My first story. My first time putting something out there that came from my head and my heart, and honestly? That's terrifying. It's like showing someone your diary, except you've decorated it with dragons and heartbreak and inside jokes that only make sense to you. There are going to be typos. There are going to be plot holes big enough to drive a truck through. There might be sentences that make zero sense on the first read, and characters who change personalities mid-chapter because I hadn't figured them out yet. And you know what? That's okay. Every writer starts somewhere. Every story begins as a messy, chaotic first draft that only its creator truly loves in the beginning—until readers come along and make it theirs too.

So here's my one rule: be kind. I don't handle criticism well—I'll admit that flat out. If you come at me with harsh words, I'll block you without a second thought. Not because I can't take it, but because I don't have to. This space is mine, and I'm sharing it with you out of trust, not obligation. I didn't write this to be dissected and graded like a school essay. I wrote it because the characters were screaming in my head and the only way to shut them up was to put them on paper. If that resonates with you—amazing. If it doesn't—that's fine too. Just don't be mean about it. Life's too short for that energy.

But if you love it? If something makes you laugh out loud, or cry when you're not expecting it, or think about it hours after you've put the book down? Please tell me. Vote. Comment. Like. Interact. Those little notifications? They're like caffeine shots to my soul. That energy fuels me more than you know. It tells me that maybe, just maybe, I'm not shouting into the void.

I'm not promising perfection. I'm promising honesty. Raw, unfiltered, sometimes clumsy, always real storytelling. I'll give you characters who feel like people you might know, dialogues that sound like actual conversations, and moments that hurt because they're true. Whether you enjoy it or just manage to get through it, I appreciate you being here. You didn't have to be. But you are.

So welcome again—officially. Stay if you want. Leave if you must. But either way, you're part of this now. You've been initiated into my little world, and there's truly no turning back.

Muhaha. 😈 (Okay, I'll stop now.)

Love you or hate you—either way, thanks for reading. Enjoy or manage. 😙🖤