*Raylee*
I sink deeper into the couch, the old fabric scratchy against my skin, I could ask for a new one, but it feels like a comforting embrace. The pages of the romance novel flutter beneath my fingertips, the words almost a balm for my weary soul.
This is when I am most happy, when I lose myself in the story of two lovers, their hearts intertwined in a world untouched by the chaos that has overtaken mine. A world where love conquers all, where dreams are not just whispers in the dark but tangible realities. But these books are rare finds, they are back from before the World went to hell.
I close my eyes for a moment, wishing I could step into the pages, to escape this life that feels so suffocating.
The world outside is unforgiving. The NEO, my benefactor, provides for me, but it c
