╔.▪.═══════════════ 𝖇.𝖔.𝖙

❝ 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀.

𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾'𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍. ❞

𝖗𝖊𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖞 ════════════.▪.╝

IANTHE MALLORY BLITHFIELD is a daughter of wildfire, of relentless hunger born from the embers of expectation. She accepts nothing less than the finest, cocooned in her own pretense, thirsting to define herself beyond what the world insists she must be.

Some call it vanity-an air of arrogance, a smokescreen of superiority veiling her sight, thick as dusk clashing with daylight. Yet she endures. She always does. She fights to stay atop, not as a luxury placed upon a golden platter, but as a necessity-an instinct carved into her bones. Her heart has been whittled away, piece by piece, until all that remains is the will to forge something stronger in its place.

Perhaps, if fate were kinder, if the fractured road to wholeness lay within her own grasp instead of another's, she would be invincible-armored in fury, tempered by the realization that love, a feeling so foreign and sharp on her tongue, is not merely found in romance or desire. But in trust. In hope. In the wild, unshaken faith of friendship and compassion.

It feels unreachable, like a dream flickering just beyond her grasp. And yet, she could reach it. She would-sooner than she ever believed possible.

THOMAS HUGH ADOLPHUS TALBOT is a man of pleasure and illusion, weaving temptation into silk-spun lies, delivering exactly what is expected of him. An idea, a crafted impression, he exists to achieve, to satisfy, never to disappoint. The perfect model for the ton, molded to fit the image deemed respectable.

He moves through society with practiced ease, a master of spectacle, thriving in a world that craves opulence and myth more than truth. He is a statue-loftier than Babel itself-sculpted from emerald, gold, and blood-red rubies. His words strike like lightning, as bitter as frost, as scalding as fire, yet unheard by anyone but himself. Blessed, they say. Born into riches and inheritance, a son of fortune.

But he is, and always will be, utterly alone.

Beneath the grandeur, he harbors a secret none would suspect. His lies are woven with the finest threads of resilience, his triumphs distant and hollow. A boy of silver and iron, corroded by sorrow. Marred yet divine, cursed by the devil's kiss, never to rise from the ashes of his false phoenix.

BUT HE FOUND HIS MATCH-a woman so infuriatingly human, so flawed and unpolished, that she became the only real thing he had ever known. She is driven, relentless in her pursuit to shatter the world's cruel assumptions, to defy expectation and emerge victorious on her own terms.

They did not see each other at first, only reflections distorted, translucent as glass. Then, as time unraveled, the illusion faded. The dust settled beneath watchful, unyielding gazes, and they saw. An understanding took root-so raw, so unguarded, that it laid waste to her defenses and silenced his deceptions. For who could grasp the heart of a broken boy better than a girl who had learned to survive the same ache?

SHE FINDS HOME in a man searching for light, in the space between twilight and uncertainty where they stand, together, beneath the sun, the moon, the stars, and the vastness beyond.

Beneath one's touch, perhaps fleeting, yet they know-Fate has bound them. And against time, against ruin, they will endure.

๑՞ *̥ ° ‧₊˚✧
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✧ *̥ ₊ ˚‧ ☆ ﾐ

،، ♡ 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘆𝗲. ·₊̣̇. "

،، ♡ . . . 𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆. ·₊̣̇. "

✎↷𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 : -----

𝗆𝖺𝗃𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗁𝖾́𝗌, 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋
𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗌𝗍, 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾,
𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖺, 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗑𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍,
𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾.
𝖻𝖾𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾, 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾
𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾.
𝗂 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾
𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌.

✎↷𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥 : -----

𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝖽𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋
𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝖾
𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝖽𝗈 𝗂 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗈𝖿
𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌' 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌
𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗋
𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾.
𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗆𝖻𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾,
𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗋𝖾
𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅. 𝗂 𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇
𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗆𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌
𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎.
𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗃𝗎𝗅𝗂𝖺 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗇𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗎𝗌
𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾,
𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝖽𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌.
𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾
𝗐𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾
𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗇 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗍.
𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗍
𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋
𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾.

· ₊̣̇ . ❝ ♥︎ ❞ . ₊̣̇ ·

𝒉𝒆𝒓 soul was 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆,

his 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆 was 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅.

· ₊̣̇ . ❞ ♥︎ ❝ . ₊̣̇ ·

* starring :

❛❛ 𝘪 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵
𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳. ;;❃❜❜
─── 𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗 ·  ·  · ✦

─── 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦𝗢𝗡-𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦 ·  ·  · ✦
❛❛ 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦,
𝘪 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦. ;;❃❜❜

. . . && . . .

❛❛ 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺
𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦. ;;❃❜❜
─── 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗢𝗧 ·  ·  · ✦

─── 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗗 ·  ·  · ✦
❛❛ 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦
𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵. ;;❃❜❜

✧ *̥ ₊ ˚‧ ☆ ﾐ

𝑇𝐻𝐸 ❛ 𝑹𝑬𝑮𝑨𝑳 𝑹𝑬𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑪𝒀 ❜ 𝑆𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐸𝑆

𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶 ━━━━ BENEATH ONE'S TOUCH.
﹙ 𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 × 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘵﹚

𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗶 ━━━━ OUNCE OF STEEL.
﹙ 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 × 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯﹚

𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗶𝗶 ━━━━ EVERYTHING AND THE MOON.
﹙ 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 × 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴﹚

𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘃 ━━━━ ? ? ?

𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘃 ━━━━ ? ? ?

𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘃𝗶 ━━━━ ? ? ?

𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘃𝗶𝗶 ━━━━ ? ? ?

✧ *̥ ₊ ˚‧ ☆ ﾐ

๑՞ *̥ ° ‧₊˚✧

her 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 was 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅,

while 𝒉𝒊𝒔 patience is 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆.

๑՞ *̥ ° ‧₊˚✧

° • * ⁀ ➷

𝑙𝑎𝑦-𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜:
alderaans

queen, i love you and
i hope you make more stories
because i will continue to adore
and support all of them!
all the support and adoration,
𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑙𝑦𝑛.

𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜:
rizalunaetic
hello there darling! i would
just like to thank you for the
time and the support you are
giving this book, as well as the
suggestions and criticism you've
graciously provided. thank you
for being a good friend!
all the love,
𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑙𝑦𝑛.

° • * ⁀ ➷

NOTE:

Please be forewarned that I am merely editing and rewriting this book as of now, hence the unpublished chapters and the lack of any parts that progresses the story. The ideas I make for this book is HIGHLY ORIGINAL except for the obvious inclination with the Bridgerton series in which this universe is set on. I would hate to see any books that have copied my works and taken my ideas as theirs when I am simple refurbishing my book to be more enjoyed by the readers.

Please don't even dare try to copy my ideas, because you'll surely suffer sufficient consequences for unfit plagiarism. Good day.