Cursebound
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Cursebound

This story contains themes of: depression

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Summary

They called it a miracle. When six-year-old Liora opened her eyes after death had already claimed her, everyone believed she had been given a second chance. Only Liora knows the truth. She is a girl from another world-a world that abandoned her when it needed a sacrifice. Now reborn in the cursed Kingdom of Nythera, Liora finally discovers the love and family she had longed for all her life. But beneath the kingdom's beauty lurks an ancient curse, one that has claimed countless lives and awakened horrors long forgotten. Some souls are reborn to survive. Others are reborn to change the fate of a kingdom. The question is... Which one is Liora?

Status
3mo ago
Chapters
9
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
Age Rating
16+

Prologue

Curses manifest in countless forms.

Some grant their victims a swift and merciful end.

Others are far crueler, tormenting their prey day after day until they begin to believe that death is the only escape.

In the end...

Every curse demands the same price.

Death.

Yet, there are those who dare to defy fate.

Those who rise despite the pain.

Those who cling to hope with unwavering determination, refusing to surrender even when the world itself has abandoned them.

Sometimes...

The will to survive is stronger than any curse.

Bound not by blood but by love, a family stood against the impossible.

Together, they endured devastating loss, lived beneath the shadow of unending fear, and bore wounds that would have broken lesser souls. Yet they never abandoned one another.

For they believed that even the darkest curse could be broken.

And so, they chose to fight.

Not only for themselves...

But for every soul condemned by the ancient curse that had haunted the Kingdom of Nythera since time immemorial.

Little did they know...

Their struggle would awaken truths long buried beneath the kingdom’s history.

Truths powerful enough to reshape the fate of an entire world.

For every curse has an origin.

And every legend...

Has a beginning.

Let CrimsonQuillz know what you thought about this chapter!

Hanna Han
Hanna Han

I really love that line, honestly. It reminds me that we shouldn't be afraid of things that haven't even happened yet or assume they'll hurt us. And I totally agree with the message about standing up against that mindset. Like... how long are we supposed to keep living trapped by fear like that?

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