The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2657

With a rough shove, Valor found herself crashing down onto the cold concrete.

All she had wanted was a glimpse of the world beyond her small bubble. Was that such a crime?

Had she erred right from the start by leaving her quaint hometown?

Otherwise, why would she now be lost in this unfamiliar city, clueless about the way back home?

Valor regretted.

The latter part of the story is about Valor’s quest to find her way home – a concept that might baffle many city-dwelling college students today. How could someone not know their way back?

But for a girl like Valor, who had grown up in a quaint, technologically untouched fishing village, it was a stark reality.

man had lured her out of her village with promises of adventure, only to abandon her in the

to claim he had taken Valor away solely for a taste of novelty; perhaps, amid the natural purity of the village, he had genuinely felt a fleeting impulse for

shared a sort of hazy love

once engulfed by the city’s splendor, that hazy

didn’t need someone as clumsy and unsophisticated as Valor by his side, and she, knowing nothing of

her beloved village,

made it back, her face

for a long while. They

time, not just in securing funding but also in telling a story

they all lamented the uncertainty of Valor’s fate, both in the story and

the big city, was one of the lucky ones,

had been lured into nightmarish hell