No Strangers

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." -Oscar Wilde

*Contains vulgar language, mildly suggestive themes, and violence. Specific trigger warnings will be put at the beginning of each chapter.*

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It's been 5 years since Jaye has seen the inside of the city walls. She's forgotten what everyone she used to know looked like. As the first outcast from the safe district of Aspela, she has seen no one for half a decade.

But one night, on the anniversary of her banishment, she hears cries from the direction of the city's walls.

And there she was, Aspela's second outcast.