Ever After, Then

The Avalon Empire has always been powerful. The Grand Houses have always been in control. This is an important lesson taught to most of the children on the continent. There will always be those who have nothing and those being buried under what they do. He was not supposed to know about the dangers that constricted his life, and never see the bars of that golden cage. He was never meant to find out where fate would lead him if he let himself go. He was never supposed to die. She was never meant to rise, never meant to see. She was never supposed to break free and never supposed to burn. She was never supposed to survive. Two fates entangled in the crossroads of fate. They were meant to burn, to sacrifice, to bleed. But that was fine. So long as the world bled too.