The heart in hiding:no laughter ever rose above the mist veiled streets .No tears strained the cheeks of it's people .Love had long be declared a threat to order ensured that every heart beat in rythym of desire and not love.Aleira pressed her back against the cold stone wall of the archive hall ,heart pounding too loud to human.The relic pulsed in her hand,warm and trembling as if alive it was small unremarkable_a dull crystal orb untapped in silver coils but it humed withthe faint of echo something lost.something dangerous.feelings.she clenched it tighter and looked towards the city square through the barred window.Enforces in obsidian cloaks stood like statues beneath the balck glass tower,their amulets glowing faintly-a sign their emotional suppression spells were wrong.No room for joy.No room for grief.No room for love.Aleira had never won an amulet.she was born different .A curse,the council had called it.An emphath.one who could feel the emotions of others,even under suppression.she called it a gift. a whisper tagged at her mind ,but not her own.someone was near by She turned just as a shadow detached from the corridor,and a figure stepped into a view.Tall.Armoed .His face half covered by the council silvers mask.An enforcer And yet....his eyes hesitated .Blue like frost,but not empty,curious.alive."Give me the relic",he said,voice sharp,emotionless.but he didn't turn his weapon.Aleira stepped back."do you even know what it is"?Tha man paused"No",he said."only that it's forbidden"Aleira took a deep breath ."Then maybe time you learn what they have forbidden you from feeling."