Shameless Serenades and Shattered Egos
By @john1208
Tullia Solari wakes up expecting a quiet morning of espresso and aura-tuning, only to find her workshop trashed and her wealthy, elegant cousin Cosima weeping on the academy steps. Cosima's act is perfect: claiming Tullia ruthlessly bullied her when no one was looking to steal the spotlight. Too bad Cosima underestimated two things. First, Tullia’s partner, the stoic maestro Lorenzo, who literally leaps backward to avoid Cosima’s tearful hugs as if she were carrying the plague. Second, Tullia is completely shameless and happy to lean into the villain allegations. Told through the alternating perspectives of Tullia’s cheeky scheming and Lorenzo’s deadpan observations, the duo refuses to play along with the frustrating misunderstandings. But beneath Tullia's audacious grin lies a terrifying secret: a botched magical resonance has cursed her lungs to crystallize in exactly fourteen days. The only cure is absorbing the magical backlash of a completely shattered ego. With the clock ticking, Tullia and Lorenzo must orchestrate a public, undeniable teardown. Will Tullia's flamboyant aura-sculpting utterly eclipse Cosima's prized illusions before time runs out, or will she be permanently silenced?
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