EverAfter

Rowan and Elara only wanted to see the world.

A quiet trip to Prague. Old streets. Shared stories. A promise of adventure.

They never make it back.

Instead, they wake in EverAfter a city that feels like a fairytale brought to life. Peaceful. Ordered. Safe. A place where no one is hungry, no one is cold, and nothing truly hurts. The people are kind. The routines are comforting. And the city seems to offer everything they were told the real world could not.

At first.

As days pass, cracks begin to form beneath the perfection. Streets loop where they shouldn't. Questions are discouraged. Those who don't quite fit are quietly reassigned, returned calmer... changed. Memory becomes unreliable. Love becomes dangerous.

Rowan begins to notice the patterns.
Elara begins to feel what she can't remember.

EverAfter promises eternity but at the cost of choice.

And in a world built on control, remembering who you are and what you love might be the most rebellious act of all.

* You can find this story soon on Royal Road as well