Debt Of Silence

🖤 Prologue - 🐈‍⬛

"All debts must be paid... even the silent ones."

They called her rich girl. Spoiled brat.
But Lyra Naverrson was nothing like the rumors said.

At nine years old, she walked the marble halls of her elite elementary school like a ghost. Rich, yes-but lonely. Terribly so. Her parents bought her every gadget, every dress, every doll.
But time?
They never had time.

And the others knew it.

Every lunch break was a nightmare.
Every day, another demand:

> "Bring us your mom's bracelet."
"Or we'll tell everyone you wet your bed."
"Oh? No money today? Fine. Give us your phone."

She stole. From home. From herself.
Silence was the price of survival.

Until he showed up.

No one saw him coming-Seth. A transfer student, cold as snow, eyes darker than winter. He didn't speak much. Didn't smile.
But the day he walked into the hallway and saw Lyra shoved against the lockers, mascara streaking down her cheeks...

Something snapped.

He didn't ask questions.
He just moved-fast, brutal, and unafraid.
Blood spilled that day, though no teacher ever found out. No one dared speak.

The bullies left her alone after that.

And just like that... she had a savior.

A silent protector.

A debt.

Years passed. Lyra forgot the face of her hero. She buried those memories under pink curtains and game consoles and late-night snacks.

But he never forgot her.

Because one day, the girl who was once saved...
Will be the one forced to repay him.

And when Seth returns-no longer the quiet boy, but a man twisted by power, obsession, and shadows-
he'll collect.

Not just the debt.
But her heart.
And the past they both tried to forget.