"We were broken. By life. By others. By our own serious dysfunctions. But we finally found each other, after almost two decades of near misses. Of being so close. And when we finally did come together all of the pieces fit together perfectly, as if all that time, we were being broken so we would be perfect for each other." - J. Warren Welch. Jess Mariano was a storm that hit Stars Hollow without warning, and Aurora Gilmore was the sun that wrapped itself around the storm.

The corruption begins with the mouth, the tongue, - the wanting . The first poem in the world is "I want to eat." In which Elysia Hawthorne is summoned to the small town of Forks, Washington after the death of her father. Fate has also been summoned, and in its wake it creates a tether. Forcing a bond onto Elysia and the shifters of La Push.

In a realm torn by duty and honor, Gwayne Hightower and Maelena Targaryen find themselves unwillingly united. Bound by obligations and the weight of responsibility, they have no room for desire or personal longing. And yet, as time passes and their hearts begin to understand one another, they yearn not for good grace or power, but for each other. ──── ✥ ✥ ✥ ──── ( OC x Gwayne Hightower )