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“Because you were given a name from a storybook, my child. And now your soul will not rest until it is given such a storybook life.” Seth doesn’t think that he’s a monster. Not when he hasn’t done anything that monsters are said to do. But that doesn’t matter, to the rest of the town. In the town of Ellesmere, you’re only useful if you can be remembered in a story. In the town of Ellesmere, Seth is only worth knowing if he is something to be feared. Something to be laughed at. Something to be put down, like a diseased ridden dog. Grappling with the growing resentment that festers inside him, Seth desperately begins to try to create a new meaning for himself, where instead of destruction, he brings about resurrection. But there is only so much one can do when battling against fate, and no matter how much Seth tries to change his destiny, the clock continues to tick. Ever since Aurora was little, she has wanted to be something great. Great enough to leave her small town. Great enough to live up to the legacy of her name. Great enough to make up for the fact that the people around her are too small to properly love her. And yet, when the fortuneteller comes, all he tells her is that she will be nothing, save for another unmarked grave to line the surrounding streets. Desperate to prove herself, Aurora is willing to do anything, to sacrifice anything, in order to achieve her chosen happy ending. Even if that ending includes killing her best friend, Seth, to achieve her dream. There is a monster, that is growing among the streets of Durnon.