Nepenthe
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"What use is a fragile heart in a war other than to be broken?"
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They say Emperor Silas was a tyrant, an usurper
That he crowned himself in blood & ruled through fear.
But that's only the version they kept in the history books.
What they don't speak of is HER.
The princess who was never meant to be seen.
Erased from portraits and spoken in whispers.
The one he chose when no one else made him feel anything at all.
Some say he loved her; others say she was just a means to an end.
No one truly knows what really happened inside the castle walls...
Buried beneath ash, a legend is a forgotten love story.
One born from duty, shaped by war, and ended by heartbreak.
And once the truth begins to surface, nothing stays buried forever.
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