Cassian Von Detsch

So picture this: a small cathedral-town where everyone smiles like they’re auditioning for a toothpaste commercial, but the whole place smells like secrets and old stone. The girl, Liora, just crawled out of some supernatural nightmare after being trapped in literal darkness for days. She’s not okay, obviously, because she didn’t escape alone. Something followed her out. Now she’s got a voice in her head that’s not random or “oops my brain is glitching again,” but an actual entity that treats her like its favorite playlist. It whispers warnings, threats, and annoyingly accurate advice. Enter the boy, Cassian. Local problem child. Walks around like he owns the shadows. Everyone swears he’s cursed, which is honestly hilarious because technically he is. His family made a pact generations ago, and now he’s stuck with the same darkness that escaped with Liora. The catch: the entity in her head is bound to him… which means when she hears its whispers, she’s also hearing pieces of his heart, fear, and very inconvenient attraction. They hate each other in that “I’d shove you into a lake but also stare at your face a suspicious amount” kind of way. But as the darkness inside Liora starts getting hungrier, Cassian is the only one who knows how to stop it from taking over her entirely. And she’s the only one who can break his family’s curse before he loses what’s left of his humanity. Of course the town wants to burn them both at the metaphorical stake, the darkness wants to use them as its personal puppets, and their feelings for each other are basically a walking red flag convention. But sure, let’s root for them anyway. Happy Early Christmas 🎀 pic from Pinterest. hehe arranged husband