All I ever wanted was a love as real and enduring as the one my parents shared. But the curse running through my bloodline has twisted that simple wish into a torment-forcing me to choose between the man who exists only in shadows and dreams, and the man who stands before me in the flesh. How am I supposed to tell truth from illusion when both of them hold my heart in their hands? And worse-how can I hope to break this curse for good when its grip has shifted onto the very man I long to spend my life with?

I left my home eight years ago, eager to find a new life far from this terrible world of violence and death. I promised myself I would do everything in my power to stay out of trouble and try to live a normal life. I was doing great-until he came back into my life. For eight years, I had no news of her, except for the little updates my sister Delilah gave me from time to time. When I had to put my family under a secure roof, I saw her again. More beautiful than ever, I couldn't stay away. Despite her resistance, I brought her back with me-into the darkness of the world we both know all too well.

À tous ceux qui ressentent le rejet Je sais combien ce sentiment est laid J'aimerais bien vous aider Et peut-être vous vous reconnaitrez. Alors que les maisons extérieures sont de toute beauté Je ne peux pas suivre le moule Ma demeure est une boule Alors que celles des autres sont carrées.

The shadow should just be that. Darkness. Just the absence of light. A trick of the eye. But for me-he's something else entirely. He comes at night, uninvited yet expected, retrieving my most shameful desires from where I've buried them. I don't know his name, his face, his intentions, only that the darkness in my room seems to obey him. I know I should have stopped him the first time he broke into my room. I should have bolted the door, sealed the night out, pretending I wasn't waiting. But I didn't. And on the nights I leave the latch unlocked-I'm as guilty as he is. "When I take you, it will be with you on your back, thighs stretched apart and pussy glistening. I will fuck you. Hard. And bare."

She has always been the quiet one-the shadow in a house that worships perfection. Compared to her golden sister, she is invisible: the overlooked, the underestimated, the girl who smiles when she wants to scream. Life has forced her to survive, to hide her heart, and to watch as the world demands more than she feels capable of giving. But survival isn't just endurance-it's quiet strength, hidden power, and the courage to claim her own story. From the confines of a home filled with impossible expectations to the first sparks of love and rebellion in a world outside, she learns that the past can be burned away... and that freedom begins with a single, defiant choice.

Hiatus !! ( but I promise I am coming back ; see the last chapter ) 20.12.2025 Some storms come and go. Raven became one. Raven Storm has learned to survive in silence. At home, she hides bruises behind bandages and fear behind a blank stare. At school, she's the outcast-judged, hated, blamed for something she couldn't control. The world turned its back on her. So she did the same. Then came him. The boy who won't stop talking. The one who looks at her like she's worth seeing. The one who says he understands-but never says why. Thrown together for a class project, Raven and Adrien are forced into each other's lives. She just wants to stay invisible. He's hiding something beneath every smile. They were never meant to trust. Never meant to care. Definitely never meant to fall. But fate doesn't ask. And secrets don't stay buried forever. Because Adrien isn't who he says he is. And Raven's father isn't just a monster-he's a target. In a world of lies, violence, and betrayal, the only thing more dangerous than the truth... ...is the way they're starting to feel. Well, I am shit at writing summaries or something like that so I asked my bestie Chat gbt ; so yeah! Enjoy! BTW: I going to be completely honest I reread the first few chapters and they may be a little rough to read in terms of grammar and so on but I promise it gets better in the further chapters. I apologize beforehand.