Gardenia’s Heart

In a land perpetually cloaked in twilight, dominated by monstrous beings and devoid of sunlight, survival is a daily, savage battle. Lily, deeply marked by this cruel world with a single eye and a missing limb, endures a ceaseless existence of hunger, destitution, and the ever-present threat of death. Here, kindness is but a distant legend, and every encounter reinforces the harsh law of the strong devouring the weak. Her life is a constant testament to enduring aggression and abuse, cementing a profound conviction that compassion is a naive delusion. This grim existence is profoundly disrupted by a chance meeting. A powerful, shape-shifting creature, a sentient metamorph, is discovered wounded and vulnerable.