Chapter 2:
The night she claimed the quill, the city was cloaked in mist. Eleanor sat in her small apartment, her trembling hands gripping the artifact. Beside her lay a blank parchment, its surface smooth and inviting.
"Just one name," she murmured to herself. "If this truly works…"
Her thoughts drifted to Lucian Hart, the enigmatic heir to the Hart Enterprises fortune. He had once been her closest friend, her confidant—and the man who shattered her heart when he announced his engagement to another.
With a deep breath, Eleanor dipped the quill into an inkpot. The feather glowed faintly as she began to write:
Lucian Hart will love Eleanor Vance.
The moment the sentence was complete, the quill pulsed with a blinding light, and Eleanor felt a strange warmth spread through her chest. She staggered back, the parchment slipping from her fingers.
The next morning, news of Lucian's sudden engagement cancellation spread like wildfire through Eldoria.
But Eleanor soon discovered that altering someone's heart came with unforeseen consequences. Strange occurrences began to plague her life—phantom whispers, shadows shifting where there was no light, and a mysterious figure who seemed to be watching her from afar.
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