The Last Paper Crane | ONC 2025
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Onc 2025 shortlister & Ambassador's pick!
In the midst of a wartime book ban, Yuri discovers a stack of love letters within one of the banned historical books. As she immerses into reading them, she realises that these letters were from an American soldier, Aiden, to his forbidden love, Midori, during World War II. But what starts as curiosity soon turns into shock for Yuri when she realises that Midori is not any ordinary woman; it is her grandmother, a person whom she believed to have known everything about.
As Yuri digs into the past, she finds love torn apart by war, destiny, and impossible decisions. Yet, as the letters draw her further into their existence, she begins to wonder whether the past is shaping her own future. And in the midst of conflict, might she, as well, be unwittingly crafting a romance of her own?
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The sunset blazed behind her, fire and gold framing her ruined beauty. I cupped her face in my hand and dragged my thumb through the streak on her cheek, smearing it over her skin. She shivered at the touch. "That..." I murmured hoarsely, my voice thick with possession. "...is the most perfect view I've ever seen." ────────୨ৎ──────── ʜᴇ'ꜱ ʀᴜᴛʜʟᴇꜱꜱ. ᴘᴏꜱꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴠᴇ. ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜꜱ. I shouldn't want him. I shouldn't crave the heat of his touch, the fire in his gaze, the way he consumes me with a single look. But I do. Every stolen moment, every forbidden inch of him pulls me closer- leaving me trembling, wanting more, needing more. Alessandro Romano is obsession made flesh. And I am helplessly, hopelessly his. In his arms, I am fragile and fearless. Innocent and undone. Lost and found, all at once. And as desire becomes temptation, temptation becomes craving, I realize there's no escape from the fire between us... And I don't want there to be. #2 in Vixen 🏅10/04/2023 #1 in Secrecy 🏅 02/09/2024 #1 in DaddyIssues 🏅 22/09/2025
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