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Some hungers cannot be outlived.
Love, it turns out, is not a shield so much as a test, a thing that asks what one is willing to lose in order to keep it. Mortimer learns this when the world knows his name too well, and Bella learns it when secrets meant to protect begin to bruise instead.
This is not a story about choosing the dark.
It is about discovering that the dark has already chosen you, and deciding what, if anything, may be salvaged from its grasp.
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This is a college AU with age changes, following (occult) Mortimer and Bella as he seeks to shorten her last name and extend her life. 🥴