A melodious tune and a tranquil beauty- she's every bit of the perfection she was said to be. A perfection now tamed. Tamed by the unforeseen circumstances that shook her life and changed everything she knew within 24 hours. Amira, the haunted beauty of the mysterious town, Meraki. The people who praised her are now wary of her because of a tiny flaw that isn't a flaw at all. Suffocated by the unwelcome looks from everywhere she goes, including her family, Amira finds solace in an abandoned corner of the town, adorned by a lake. A corner that was abandoned for a reason. She doesn't know that when she is most vulnerable, writing and humming by the lake, there's an ominous presence observing her. And soon enough, the observation turns into captivation. He admires her while hiding behind the trees of the graveyard situated a couple of feet away from the lake. The reason why the place is abandoned. The "devil," as per the old ladies of the town. No one has seen him, but everyone has heard of him. And while Amira wasn't affected by the danger that's said to be lurking in the woods, a certain incident tilted her whole world upside down. The troubled poet is now running from him, while he walks towards her, hands in his pockets, clutched in them-her soul. ××× Read the story "Amira" to get into the mind of Amira, a young aspiring poet whose fighting for her identity in a soul sucking town. And the mysterious man who's set to soothe her aching soul.
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