When Leaves Become Blades

I don't believe in love anymore. Not even the idea of it. I have seen promises buried in words, vows that slowly turned into lies, relationships that faded without warning, and people who once swore "forever" but left nevertheless. So I stopped believing - because trusting felt more painful than staying guarded.

I only knew how to love my family and friends. For me, they were enough - my safe place, my home, my reason to stay strong. They were the only kind of love I trusted, the only kind I believed would never leave.

Axzhor Jarren Zamonte comes into my life and shows me that love can be stronger than my anxieties and deeper than I had previously believed in.

But fate had cruel plans for me. Just when I thought I had finally reached the happiness I wanted and felt comfortable with, I found myself bleeding from the very leaves I once thought would protect me.

And in the silence that followed, doubt began to whisper the questions I was too afraid to ask.

What if one day, everything I held onto breaks and disappears?
When the things I thought would stay suddenly vanish-
What if everything I called permanent was meant to be temporary?