A world where magic lives and breathes in harmony with technology, Basodin is a place where, if one is not continuously given love, they become afflicted by the Dark: a mysterious malady that always seems to begin with the subject's decline of sight. This can be reversed if the subject is given a sufficient amount of love, to a point; once one completely loses their sight- a condition referred to as Complete Dark- there is no coming back, and they will die a quick death.
After growing up with emotionally absent parents, the inability to make friends, and a nonexistent love life, Yidarica wonders how she's made it 31 years without the slightest affliction. With the mindset that the Dark will come for her any moment now, she takes it upon herself to ensure she will never have to worry about this again, by finally finding someone who can love her.
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(c) Michelle Rivera + Iridescent of Raynu. Yes, this book is copywritten, so don't copy me, as Missy Elliott once said.
'If I squinted, the fairy lights were like a sky full of stars. It was a warm night, but the cool breeze tickled my cheeks as I basked in the sea of midnight blue and twinkling gold above me.
"So beautiful," I muttered.
"Yeah," said Jen, "Exquisite."
I glanced over at her. She wasn't looking at the lights; she was looking at me.'
When Grace moves to college, she's happy to just keep her head down, glad to finally have an escape from her dad. She hadn't even thought about the possibility of managing to make friends, let alone a blossoming romance with her effortlessly cool roommate. She finds herself falling head over heels, and diving head first into a world of pleasure and pain.
*Content warning: sex, physical abuse, sexual abuse, bdsm*