Mirage has been gone for months. His parents had stopped grieving a long time ago, but not Oasis. She fears he may never be coming back, but she can't accept that. No. Not when there's so much left to be done.

"𝙲𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎..." ◦ ⛧°. ⋆༺☾𖤓༻⋆. °⛧ Velvet, a 16 year old girl with a peculiar heredity is faced with the death sentence after confessing to the gruesome murder of a man. A week before her execution, personnel from some organisation visited the prison and announced they were recruiting draftees to help recover an indispensable crystal.

Things change around the 11-year-old orphans from Grace Field as they approach their twelfth year of life. ✦ Will these four eldest children, who have placed so much faith in their sole guardian, Isabella, be able to betray that trust after learning about the devastating truth about the Grace Field Orphanage? ✦ Prequel to Groomed for Death ✦ Book I ✦ Disclaimer: I DO NOT own the anime as well as the manga of THE PROMISED NEVERLAND. I also do not own the characters most especially Emma, Norman, and Ray. I also don't own the image used for my cover. I also do not own the pictures that will be shown in most of the chapters. ✦ Beware! Typos and wrong grammar nearby. ✦ Rankings: #9 in 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 #16 in 𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙖 #20 in 𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙖 #1 in 𝙩𝙥𝙣 (20200728) #2 in 𝙩𝙥𝙣 (20220212) #1 in 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 (20200420) #27 in 𝙚𝙢𝙢𝙖 #4 in 𝙚𝙢𝙢𝙖 #2 in 𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 (20201229) #2 in 𝙮𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙨𝙤𝙠𝙪𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 (20220616) #1 in 𝙮𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙨𝙤𝙠𝙪𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 (20220619) #1 in 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 (20231118) #2 in 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 (20240322) #1 in 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 (20240421) #1 in 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 (20250304)