HEART OF STONE
Heart Of Stone – Prologue
(..Sold•To•The•Pit•Of•Hell..)
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Luminaria is a world beyond humans, a world for cruel people with magic. Heartless beings who live on power and feed insatiably on it.
They stomp on the weak without mercy, shed their blood with celebratory grins.
Citizens of Luminaria are forbidden from having affairs with humans.
If such happens and a pregnancy occurs between a Luminarian and a human, then the child is born powerless and weak and automatically becomes a slave for sale in The Dark Room while the parents gets executed.
Shayla grew up in one of the coldest slave cages of The Dark Room. Born of a human father and a Luminarian mother, her fate has been sealed since birth—destined to be a slave.
Now in Luminaria, there are two ruling families.
The Millions—main owners of the city. They control the Grand Palace and are the most powerful beings existing. Pride is their armor, wickednes is their food, richness is their sign, and that even showed through their name. MILLIONS.
The Spectres—second owners of the city. They were the original owners, but they weren’t as powerful. They completely lose their powers at midnight every night.
For this reason, The Millions family snatched the city from them, and they were made second-in-command.
The more slave a family has, the more their status elevate, and that’s why both families are the major visitors of The Dark Room monthly to compete at the auctions.
Shayla’s sale day finally came,, her cage was dragged out for auction in the Dark Room.
She watched the two families fight over her price, bidding hatefully with their bid-paddles, bloody voices and brutal utterances.
For the first time in years, The Spectres won over The Millions in the auction, but just as Shayla was about to get handed over to the Spectres, there was a turnaround.
A turnaround which reshaped her life—for worse, flinging her into the abyssal depth of darkness.
Are you curious? I know you are.
C’mon, let’s dive in.
Don’t dare miss out!
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