A simple family in the countryside have their lives changed when the Kingsguard comes with a dire message, one that brings them to the city of Mortel to find answers. But not all is as it seems in the city. The people live happily, the benevolent King Denile and his Kingsguard protect the living, and devout monks tend to the dead. But underneath that is a darkness plaguing everything around them. Ominous secrets lurk within the city. Hidden deep within the Halls of the Dead.

There is no night in the Everburning City. There can never be. ***** For four hundred years the Everburning City has withstood the advance of the life-strangling fog known as the Gloam. Its walls have held back five invasions, but on the eve of the sixth, the city's inhabitants know things have changed. Golems are coming out of the mist, and the bodies of the dead are rising at the Gloam's bidding. The city's last and most desperate line of defence comes in the form of the Crafters, individuals who can channel the power of fire, though they risk their sanity each time they do. The brightest of these valiant heroes are Tabitha a'Loria and her apprentice Gerald Reath. Risking their lives, they mount their airships, determined to save the last bastion of humanity - the Everburning City. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

In the heart of Iligan City, a cozy little coffee shop becomes the unexpected intersection of two busy lives. Keia Isabelle De Liano, a Psychology student juggling academic pressure and emotional baggage, finds comfort in her favorite study nook at Bittersweet Cafe. Lawrence Mendoza, a quiet yet charismatic Nursing student, starts frequenting the same spot, -more for the coffee, but soon, for the girl who always sits by the window. What starts as an exchange of glances soon brews into a digital friendship-Instagram replies, late-night DMs, good morning texts. Through shared playlists, virtual rants, and emotionally raw messages, they navigate the chaos of student life, mental health, and first love. But can love rooted in screens and caffeine survive the real world?

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(Unedited/Raw)Eyes of sparkling emerald green, innocence that shines like dawn, and hair a vibrant crimson shade-her presence in Night Raven College was regarded as an anomaly, her naivety was not cute, and her presence was not wholly welcomed. Her arrival triggered the opening of Pandora's Box--secrets, truths, and troubles long hidden in the dark.