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HIS EMPIRE, HER HEART

Kim_Anxin
"She chose his darkness." "In a world of blood, she was his only weakness." Some love stories begin with a confession. Ours began with a tragedy. They say love is supposed to be soft. Gentle. Safe. But no one ever tells you what happens when love is built on loss... when it grows in silence... when it becomes the only thing you have left. I didn't fall in love with Wang Hedi. I grew up loving him. Somewhere between shared nightmares and quiet midnights, between ten-minute distances that never really separated us... he became my home. And I became his. But homes aren't supposed to feel like warzones. And love- Love isn't supposed to feel like something you might lose any second. I knew what he was. I knew the blood on his hands wasn't just a rumor. I knew the world he lived in could destroy anyone who got too close. But I stayed. Because he was the only person who stayed when my world ended. Maybe that was my first mistake. Or maybe- It was the only choice I ever had. Because when you love someone like him... You don't get to walk away. You only get to decide- How much of yourself you're willing to lose before it breaks you. And the worst part? I don't know if I'm trying to save him anymore... Or if I'm the one slowly being destroyed.
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