LOVE PAINTED IN LIES

Prologue

‎Some stories begin with love.

‎Some begin with war.

‎But theirs began with a promise, one whispered under the fading glow of a streetlamp, sealed with youthful dreams and a future full of light. Neither of them knew how quickly love could twist into something darker... or how far a wounded heart could go just to feel whole again.

‎This is not a tale