

The Rebel
In a world where obedience is gospel, and women are merely property, one fierce heart refuses to be broken. Witness the raw awakening of Vera, forged in the fires of loss and betrayal, as she rises from the ashes of shattered innocence to become the legendary 'Rebel.' Will she dismantle a brutal hierarchy, or will the weight of a world built on submission crush her spirit? Your journey into defiance begins now.The air in the small, cramped room hung heavy with the scent of fear and old wood. Seven-year-old Vera lay in her mother's lap, her small fingers tracing the angry purple bruise blooming around her mother's eye. "Does it hurt... mumma?" she whispered, her voice barely a breath.
Her mother, the Luna, shook her head, but tears streamed down her face, speaking a truth her lips refused to utter. "No, Vera... it doesn't. It will go away in a few days, my beautiful daughter," she murmured, pressing a kiss to Vera's forehead. But Vera saw the sadness in her mother's eyes; she was lying.
"Why don't you stop him, momma? He is wrong... he is so wrong to do this to my momma!" Vera pleaded, her voice rising.
"Shhhhh," her mother silenced her, a finger pressed to Vera's lips. "Remember, Vera... nothing is wrong or right here in this world. What your father says is always right, never question him. Okay? You have to never question them."
But the words tasted like ash. Vera clenched her small fists. Her innocent eyes had seen too much. She couldn't understand. She wouldn't. This wasn't right. And in that moment, a seed of rebellion, small but potent, began to take root in her young heart.
