The Curse of Zenith | ONC '25

In the timeless embrace of Zenith-a mansion woven from echoes and moonlight-Adina Grace walks among ghosts, bound by blood to a fate she never chose. But in the hushed stillness of the night, she feels him. A presence like a breath against her skin, a whisper in the dark. Azrael Silvino, a cursed spirit, forever yearning, forever unseen. Until her.

Their love is a secret written in shadows, a dance beneath silver stars where hands that shouldn't touch find a way. In the enchanted garden where roses bloom with forgotten magic, they steal moments from eternity. But fate is cruel. Azrael was never meant to love-his curse demands his vanishing the moment his heart beats for another.

As he begins to fade, his form unraveling like mist at dawn, the wind stirs. The night watches. And in that fragile space between love and loss, between forever and farewell, the nature decides. Will they grant mercy? Or will Zenith claim another heart, leaving Adina to wander its halls, searching for a love lost to time?

Graphic Credits: @alfaesha

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Primary Prompt #2: 𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕

Secondary Prompt #55: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.