iam_irenic
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"𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐𝒈𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏.
𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕?"
𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒍 just failed his mock exam and in Zone 35, all the bright futures are in the manicured hands of wealthy women. Lured by the promise, the teen entertains a relationship with the heiress of the Hella clan.
One evening, immediately after offering up his body, the woman visits his friend's family home. Entangled in a web of politics and business alliances, she demands to marry 𝑲𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒌. Dandal's hope of freeing his parents from debt is put at risk while Kaanishk realizes his freedom has a time limit.
𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒏 lashes out violently at his bully and regret flips his life over. A devoted follower of Hanto faith, the teen loathes himself for giving in to male rage. It is in the arms of an extremist sect that his soul is soothed and that his hatred is finally unleashed outwards.
On the wealthy side of shame and guilt sits 𝑨𝒔𝒈𝒆𝒓. Father to his all-female classmates, friend to none. Forced to write lyrics for his aunt, even music can not fill the void. But he tries. And even the good boy armor won't prevent him from being stabbed in the back.
There is a strange bond between these four.
Will it crumble under the weight of bad decisions?
Or will it resist against a world that thrives while they kneel?
TRIGGER WARNING: grooming, gore, religious trauma, self- harm, substance abuse, explicit language, sexual violence
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