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

unfair to claim he had taken Valor away solely for a taste of novelty; perhaps, amid the

have shared a sort

splendor, that hazy love became a

someone as clumsy and unsophisticated as Valor by his side, and she, knowing nothing of the

beloved village, whether she reconciled with her best friend, were

believed Valor never returned. Had she made it back, her face wouldn’t still bear

and the lights brightened, the audience remained silent for a long

in telling a story drawn from real life a real

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

in the big city, was one of the lucky ones, as her only trouble

been lured into nightmarish