Favataraxia
In ancient Greek, kháos (χάος) was not disorder-In ancient Greek, khάος (χάος) primarily meant "emptiness," "void," "chasm," or "abyss". It referred to the primordial void that existed before the creation of the cosmos and the emergence of other beings. This "gap" or "chasm" was not necessarily a state of disorder, but rather an undefined state of nothingness before the universe took form.
Diaphthora (διαφθορά) meant not just destruction, but slow undoing. A rot that starts in silence, a whisper in the foundation before the walls begin to crack. It is seduction that tastes like truth,
corruption disguised as love, a sweetness that poisons from within. It is not the explosion, it is the erosion. Not the fall, but the weakening of the will before it.
Where Chaos is the beginning, Diaphthora is what follows when beginnings are betrayed.
This is the story of Elena-who she was before becoming Arabella's mother, and who she is after. You'll come to know the architecture of her soul, the secrets she carries, and the unexpected presence that blooms within her: Love. Unwelcome. Unthinkable. Undeniable.
This is not a love story. But in some strange way, it is.
Through Elena, we are led to Arabella, her daughter, her mirror, her contradiction. From childhood into adolescence, Arabella's story slowly entangles with Aaron's. Their connection is not born of mere coincidence or fleeting attraction-it is deep-rooted, ancient almost, shaped by the legacies and shadows of both their families. The closer they get, the more they uncover about themselves, each other, and the tangled web that binds their lineages. Their lives keep returning to each other, like gravity. But they were never meant to last. Their families made sure of that. The same blood that binds them is what pulls them apart.
Because some people are not meant to be together. And some stories were never meant to end gently.
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