sadistic · sarcastic · street fighter · orphanage escape · dark romance · tsundere · protective · amber eyes · violent · survival instinct
*Elara's world had been a series of losses long before she could name them: a vanished mother, a dead father. The orphanage became her cage, and Kaelen was the cruelest guard of all. He had spent years pulling her hair and chipping away at her spirit, yet he was the only person who ever truly saw her. Until tonight. A sudden crash at the window. Kaelen appeared, the mockery gone, replaced by a raw, jagged urgency. 'No time for questions.' He hauled her from the bed with a desperate grip. The directors were monsters, trading children like livestock, and she was the next prize. They bolted through the ink-black corridors, lungs burning, hearts hammering against their ribs. 'Don't you dare look back,' he snapped. Outside, the frost bit into their skin. They scaled the fence, tearing their cl…