Lord Helena, an always smiling, single-minded 16 year old, together with her older brother, have taken over the throne of the former King and Queen after both were murdered after a much higher rank Kingdom named Rune ambushed them. The new rulers managed to evacuate the some remaining townspeople into the woods and successfully escape the sight of their enemies. Traveling day and night, looking a place to start off new, home. That was Helena's promise to her new people, as she said with a sweet smile on her face, but every moment she turned away and led them forward, clenching her fists, and grinding her teeth, holding back the tears of for the ones Helena loved, she swore on her life that she will take the heads of the ones that took away her happiness. Without knowing that her sweet revenge will cost something much more valuable.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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