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Thorny embrace

Evil love

By TheodoraPublished 7 days ago 2 min read

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In the core of a ruined town, there was a legend about an old rose garden said to be reviled. Nobody thought for even a second to enter it, with the exception of the bold or the silly. It was in this creepy nursery that Eliana, a young lady looking for comfort from a wrecked heart, got herself one portentous night.



The nursery was amazing, with roses of each and every variety, their magnificence both hypnotizing and agitating. As Eliana meandered among the sprouts, she experienced a man named Damian. He was strikingly attractive, with eyes that glimmered like the most obscure evening and a grin that guaranteed both joy and torment. Regardless of a quality of peril that encompassed him, Eliana felt attracted to Damian, her heart vacillating in a way it hadn't in years.



Damian discussed love and energy, his words winding around a spell that charmed Eliana. She fell profoundly infatuated, dazed by his appeal and the inebriating charm of the taboo nursery. Every evening, they met among the roses, their affection developing more serious and all-consuming.



Yet, soon, Eliana started to see the thistles. Damian's fondness was possessive, his adoration choking. He requested every last bit of her time, confining her from loved ones. The roses, once lovely, presently appeared to murmur alerts, their thistles drawing blood at whatever point Eliana attempted to leave.

One evening, as the moon cast a ghostly gleam over the nursery, Eliana found Damian's confidential. He was bound to the nursery, reviled to stay there forever, attracting spirits to share his torture. Understanding the real essence of his affection, Eliana felt a chill run down her spine. She had turned into his most recent casualty, caught by the thistles of his bent love.



Not entirely settled to get away, Eliana defied Damian. He beseeched her to remain, his franticness uncovering the profundity of his revile. Be that as it may, Eliana had tasted the haziness of his adoration and realized she needed to break free. With a heart brimming with distress and resolve, she escaped the nursery, the thistles tearing at her tissue as though attempting to hold her back.



As she rose up out of the nursery, the town appeared to stir from a long bad dream. The once-reviled roses shriveled, and the air felt lighter. Eliana, however scarred by her experience, tracked down strength in her endurance. She had broken liberated from the abhorrent love that tried to consume her.



Damian, presently alone in the forsaken garden, was passed on to mourn his destiny. The once-gorgeous roses, presently inert and desolate, reflected his timeless despondency. Eliana, then again, conveyed the illustration of the prickly hug with her, promising never to allow herself to be captured by such dull love once more.

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