Chapter 01: Cities and Desire 01
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In this city, it is said that the wind is a skillful, mischievous creature and that the law favors revenge over forgiveness. It is said that in this city, few can say no to the mystery of love and the complicated art of forgiveness.
It was the wind that had called to the old innkeeper, calling from the same room where the wind had offered its tale to me many years ago. It was the wind that had led him from the room, calling from the same room where my mother had screamed to see me cry in my bedroom. It was the wind that had led him to the bell of my doorstep, only for the wind to tell him of what he already knew, the scent of her flesh and the mark of her heart-shaped hand upon his cheek.
It is the wind that has led him to my front door, calling to him from the walls of this city, calling him to the place of my bed, whispering into his ear about the fallen woman he had once loved and lost, the woman who had broken his heart and left him empty. It is the wind that has led him to my door, calling to him from the walls of this city, calling him to my bed, whispering into his ear that the scent of his woman’s skin and her heart-shaped hand would once again fill his thoughts, whispering to him of the love he once held for her and of the love he now held for me.
And it is the wind that has summoned him into my room, whispering into his ear that she is waiting for him in my room, calling to him from the walls of this city, calling him to his love, calling him to his woman, calling him to his dark and sinister love. It is the wind that has called him to me, calling from the walls of this city, calling to me from the shadows of my room, calling me to my dark and sinister love. It is the wind that has told me that I am meant for him and that I will not return his love, calling me to a past that cannot be recalled, calling me to a future that cannot be measured, calling me to a secret that has been kept from me, calling me to a dark and haunted love that no one else knows.
I will not return his love, I will not return his love, I will not return his love. I will not return his…
