36 parts Ongoing MatureIn a world that had long since turned its back on him, she was the flicker of warmth he never deserved. He kept her close, shielding her from the chaos that hunted them both, whispering promises he wasn't sure he could keep.
He carried secrets-ones that could unravel everything between them. So he lied. Not with words, but with silence. With every quiet moment, every deflection, every "not now," he built a wall between her heart and the truth.
And though he succeeded in protecting her from the darkness he buried, he began to lose her in the process. Her patience thinned. Her questions grew sharper. Her eyes, once filled with trust, now searched him for answers he refused to give.
But then he discovered the truth he was hiding was only the beginning-a fragment of something far more devastating. And with that revelation came a choice: to keep protecting her, or become the very thing she needed protection from.
Could he bear the pain of what was coming? Could he still be her shield, or would he become her hunter-like the past he'd tried so desperately to escape?
When the moment comes, he will have to choose.
Love.
Or revelation.